Zapata Westerns

Zapata Westerns, nickname given to a subgenre of the so-called Italian "Spaghetti Westerns" which dealt with overtly political themes in the mid-to-late 1960s. They were named after Emiliano Zapata, the famous Mexican revolutionary from the Mexican Revolution of 1913, during which most of these films took place.

Related Topics:
Spaghetti Westerns - Emiliano Zapata - Mexican Revolution

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The term is also occasionally applied to many American Westerns which took place during this time period, including Jack Conway and Howard Hawks's Viva Villa! (1934), with Wallace Beery, Elia Kazan's Viva Zapata! (1952), with Marlon Brando and Anthony Quinn, and Robert Aldrich's Vera Cruz (1954), with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster, though these films rarely dealt with significant politcal themes, as did their later Italian counterparts.

Related Topics:
Jack Conway - Howard Hawks - Viva Villa! - Wallace Beery - Elia Kazan - Viva Zapata! - Marlon Brando - Anthony Quinn - Robert Aldrich - Vera Cruz - Gary Cooper - Burt Lancaster

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