Spaghetti Western is a nickname for a broad genre of Western film that emerged in the mid-1960s. The phrase 'Spaghetti Western' was originally created by American critics as a derogatory name for this group of films but has over time become accepted by fans of the films. Typical themes in Spaghetti Westerns include the Mexican Revolution, a focus on revenge, the myth of the bounty hunter/bounty killer, with the films often taking place on the border region shared by Mexico and the United States, a feature facilitated by the arid locations in which many of these films were shot.
