They Call Me Trinity
Like the thrilling genre it identifies, the term "spaghetti western" has steadily gained in esteem and sympathy. Born in the mid-1960s, the Italian Western is a universe in its own right, whose cinematic language, anarchic tone and spectacular iconography have had a considerable impact. Presented in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Montreal, this cycle brings together the must-see films of the "three Sergios" (Leone, Corbucci, Sollima) and a diverse selection of films by the main directors of the period. It's an opportunity to grasp the richness of a genre whose stylistic beauty is matched only by the dirtiness of its protagonists, and which has managed to be alternately irreverent and lyrical, funny and violent, bon-vivant and political, dark and luminous. The versions presented have been chosen on the basis of elements such as language (all these films were dubbed, so there is no single "original" version), complete editing and recent restorations.
In 1966, during the filming of Sergio Corbucci's Django, on which he was shooting, Enzo Barboni scripted They Call Me Trinity as a drama. A few years later, the comedy duo Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, who had already appeared in a few westerns (such as Giuseppe Colizzi's Ace High), showed interest in the project. Barboni reoriented the script towards comedy. A great popular success, the film marked a turning point in Italian westerns, inaugurating a wave of parodic films.
Enzo Barboni
Enzo Barboni was an Italian cinematographer and director, often using the pseudonym E.B. Clucher, under which he made many films with the duo Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. During the Second World War, he began working in the film industry as a war correspondent on the Eastern Front, working as a camera operator. In 1961, he began a career as a cinematographer. He worked on several occasions with director Sergio Corbucci. He made his directing debut in 1970 with the western Ciak Mull (L'uomo della vendetta). He then decided to make a spaghetti western, a slapstick parody of the western. The film, Trinita (Lo chiamavano Trinità...), was a hit and made stars of its two lead actors Bud Spencer and Terence Hill.
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