Western Expansion Essay

Tall T, though produced in 1957, is representative of the great mass of simplistic, histrionic films which constituted the majority of the Western genre output during the 1920s through the 1950s; the film is perhaps even an exemplar of the subgenre, as director Budd Boetticher most likely drew upon the most typical of the accumulated conventions of the B-Western for inspiration. Yet the final product does not transcend the subgenre

a mixture of genres such as the Spaghetti Western, the teenage romance, and the vampire genre. The clash of genres in this film brings out the idea of hybridity and duality, with the sounds and cinematography creating a sense of ambiguity, or the ‘in-between’. The underlying mix brings out a sense of horror for the overall feel of the film as it leaves audiences with a sense of fear and realisation that not everything is as it seems. The spaghetti western genre is a part of the mix of genres which

most famous Westerns of all times. Not only it became part of our culture, but it has also created a sub-genre of Westerns, called "Spaghetti Westerns", mainly because of the Italian origins of the filmmaker and the fact that his movies were shot in Europe instead of Hollywood. Despite the characteristic Western tradition found in the movie, Sergio Leone creates a genre free from any stereotypical clichés that Westerns encompass. This paper will explore the ways in which “Spaghetti Westerns” deviate

Sergio Leone broke onto the western movie scene with the film “A Fist Full of Dollars.” This movie was the first installment of the Dollars Trilogy which also included “For a Few Dollars More,” and “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.” These movies, more specifically “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly,” ushered in a new era of western films. Soon after the success of Leone’s films, a wave of Italians started to make Western movies and become successful in the industry. One such director was Sergio Corbucci

necessary to survive, including killing. The memory of slavery is revisited and reminds the United States of its shame during the time of the film. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a revisionist western that pays homage to old western movies. Since Westerns were outdated in the late 60’s, this revised western film is created with New Hollywood elements including an unhappy ending and film using rock/pop soundtracks to attract the youth. Theme Both Django Unchained and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance

other western genres. It is a story that is formed from a novel by Upton Sinclair’s book, Oil! (1927) (Belton, 2009, p.401). Many westerns were based on dime novels that were written in the mid and late 1800s (Belton, 2009, p.246). American society was going through a transitional period from an agrarian society to an industrial society in the 1800s and early 1900s (Wright 2001; Desk Encyclopedia, 1989, pp. 27-28, 630-631). The change in revolutions could explain the difference in most western genres

My favorite movie is war horse, because it 1. Has horses in it and horses are my favorite animal, 2. The movie is very detailed and doesn't skip scenes to where you have no idea what is going on now. The movie has a lot of action and love between a young man and his horse. The movie starts out with action and ends with love the best qualities of a good movie to me. I love movies with horses or wild west themed. Another one of my all time favorite movies is Lonesome Dove. it's a very long movie that

The Marlboro cigarette advertisement was published in 1970. The famous short story, Brokeback Mountain, is written by Annie Proulx and was published in 1999. The two text depict men from the American west similarly, relying on many stereotypes people have of them. There are many stereotypes that come to mind when thinking of the American West. Usually thoughts of down-to-earth men with cowboy hats and hillbilly accents riding horses in the meadows come to mind. At first glance at the advertisement

THE FORGOTTEN HISTORY OF THE WESTERN CINEMA The western movies are film genre where the scene generally takes place in North America during the American conquest of the West in the last decades of the nineteenth century. This genre appears since the invention of the cinema in 1985 finding its inspiration from literature and painting arts of the American Wild West. This genre reached its first success in the mid-twentieth century during the golden age of Hollywood studios, before it had being reinvented

motion aesthetic balance to create a mood of chaos throughout the fierce gun battle scenes which advantageously draws the viewer connecting them to the story of the film. Peckinpah chose to bring war and violence in a new level in the action packed western using his editing style, sound and lighting elements, camera