Revisionist Western

The Western genre been highly prevalent in Hollywood films for decades. Beginning with The Great Train Robbery in 1903, Western films have gained international many parts of Europe and Mexico in addition to the United States. One classic example of a Western feature (full length) film is True Grit (1969), which stars John Wayne as the strong, memorable protagonist, Rooster Cogburn. Although the film follows many filmic conventions regarding the formula of the Western genre, it also defies certain

story. There are a lot of genres in a film but we mainly focused on Spaghetti Western Movies and Silent Films which both of the films contain little dialogue. Spaghetti western which originally were represented by their productions in the Italian language, therefore it is also known as Italian Western. Spaghetti western is basically a broad genre of Western films that developed in the mid-1960s. It is called Italian Western because most were produced and directed by the Italians. Spaghetti film consisted

perception of the cowboy as a rugged hero has proved to be resilient in its’ ubiquitous recognition. As an illustration of the impact the genre has had on American culture, critic Andre Bazin (1971) described the Western as “our Odyssey” following America’s own Trojan War--the Civil War. The Western, according to Bazin, is America’s mythology. Making a point in the same vein as Bazin’s, Douglas Brode in Dream West (2013) likens the cowboy to knights, samurai, and even to the Jedi; that is to say he classifies

number of quality Westerns being made . . . and since there seems to be a ten-year cycle in Western movie making, I'd say we'll see more in about 1982." 1 In 1982 only two Westerns were released, and neither was exactly a major success. Barbarosa, starring Willie Nelson, drew some respectable reviews–and some very damaging ones–but nobody went to see the film. The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez appeared first on PBS television, then later went into general release. Today the Western seems to be deader

This summer, I read Mark Peter Hughes’ Lemonade Mouth; which is about a group of high school misfits who form a band. Although they are challenged, they always stand up for themselves. Same thing goes for the characters from the Korean drama, Dream High 2. In both sources, the group of misfits are brought together by the power of music, despite their differences. Lemonade Mouth consists of 5 members: Stella, Wen, Olivia, Charlie and Mo. All of them speak their minds freely and always stand up

1964, is a wacky, Czechoslovak musical comedy. It serves as a satire of the typical western movie - a major defining genre of the American film industry. From the 1930’s through the 1960’s, western movies were at the height of their popularity. Set in the American frontier, they represent a rugged, action-packed lifestyle, where good always triumphs over evil. To this day, although not as inherently popular, the western has been done time and time again, with different takes on the same genre. Lemonade

The Western film genre is typically set in a secluded village in the middle of the desert, normally in the American West. The setting includes wooden buildings, tumble weed, cacti, trains, horses and carriages. The storyline for western films is usually the same, namely, a hero travels to a remote village, usually on a horse, and brings peace to the warring villagers. In a traditional Western film the clothing for the hero is usually a white hat, (this is to show purity). The hero would also

demonstrate this idea that the American West is full of “dangerous cowboys” and “fame and fortune.” In the early-mid 20th century a genre of movie was produced called “Spaghetti Western” or “Macaroni Western”. These western films were an important aspect to the views on the American West throughout history. The way that American Westerns, American Authors and more broadly Hollywood itself, portrays the American West through its media, and famous movies gives Italy the perception that the American West is

semantics and syntactics of an original western film through the common traits, attitudes, characters, shots and locations that attribute to the building blocks of the Western genre. My Darling Clementine also includes syntactic elements that incorporate the genres fundamental grammar and the structure into which building blocks are placed. This can be compared and contrasted with the film Unforgiven which represents the revisionist western. The revisionist western includes a less idealistic and more

a post-modern version of a Western, Django Unchained (2012) by Quentin Tarantino. The protagonist in both movies by John Ford are John Wayne, Jane Tompkins says: " John Wayne, the actor whose name is synonymous with Western films, became the symbol of American masculinity from World War II to Vietnam" (5). What does this "American masculinity" stand for? This term actually appears to be an underlying factor of Western heroism in the American society. Heroes in Western movies have many common characteristics