It is a few years ago since I have watched ‘The Trap’, but I have noted there are few or no references in Euro westerns discussions about it! Should it be classed as a Euro Western ever though it was filmed in Canada and is a British film!
Good point, I think we have it listed simply because it is a UK-co-production…
British westerns qualify as European in my book. Brexit or not!
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Of course it’s a “spaghetti western”–just like the original Brazilian film was a “western”. At least, that’s my take.
Regardless of the dubbing: only someone who couldn’t locate Spain on a map could believe that “Wrath of the Wind” is set in Mexico. It’s a profoundly Spanish film, profoundly Andalusian.
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I would have to disagree with you on this that it is a spaghetti! if you are saying ‘Wrath of the winds’ and ‘o Cangacerio’ are spaghetti westerns then ‘North West Frontier’ 1959 is could be classed as a euro western if though the setting is in India but was shot in Spain!
If a western is by definition a film taking place in the American West during a certain period of time, then these films aren’t westerns. I hope this is consenaua. If a western can also be thought of as a genre defining itself through other characteristics, then there is an opening for a discourse like that.
Good debate.
I’ve thought about this topic on several times, specifically regarding Wrath of the Wind and Man, Pride and Vengeance. Sometimes I think being a purist about Spaghetti Westerns doesn’t make much sense: it’s a genre built upon OTHER WESTERN MOVIES (they aren’t even inspired by the American myth), filmed in Spain by Italians and Spaniards who had never even seen the American West. What I mean is that they exist on a fictional plane, they don’t pretend to be “realistic”, and their identity is purely visual and sensory.
That said—sorry for the off-topic—I haven’t seen O’Cangaceiro (hahaha), but in the previous examples, I feel that aesthetically Man, Pride and Vengeance is very close to the ‘vibes’ I appreciate and value in a Spaghetti Western. In the case of Wrath of the Wind, I have my doubts, although I do remember liking it at the time
The whole western genre is built on myths by a lot of people who have never visited the west!
The first western movie was made in the UK not USA in 1899! Kidnapping by Indians! I don’t know if this one will apply as a Euro Western
Well… 
I would say so