Western Genre 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

I would consider the ‘Walking Dead’ a western but more of a modernized Sci-Fi type of western. In the article by Massik, Solomon “The Walking Dead, Westerns, and the New Westerns” it describes how the ‘Walking Dead’ is a western because of the guns, violence and the lawless frontier. I agree with this because that’s how I imagine most westerns be with people with guns and they were allowed to use them more freely than what they are now. Western males always had guns at hand just like in the ‘Walking

Modern and contemporary literature of the fantasy genre relies heavily on the philosophy of the postmodern and its treatment of the metanarrative as critique. In particular, revisionist fantasy concerns itself with redressing the traditional treatment of the Other. For example, the genre trope of the protagonist as the ‘chosen one’ often depicts this character as different and therefore alienated, yet always in a positive light since this protagonist is necessarily above the other characters. However

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

is a western movie but can also be considered as a dark and haunting film which people considered Clint Eastwood's finest hour. This movie was set in the 1880s. After two cowboys scar a prostitute a reward is offered by her fellow whores for the death of the two men. Soon Munny is on the hunt and is later joined by Ned and the young, blind 'Schofield Kid'. The stage is set for what is perhaps the most gritty, realistic and best of Eastwood's westerns. This movie is one of the best western genre films

side come from either movie titles or movie descriptions from IMDB. I examined the top 500 most popular western movie titles and the summaries of the top 200 most popular western movie summaries. The most prominent phrase on the mythic side is the words, “the wild west.” This was tied for the most common 3-word phrase in the top 200 most popular western movie summaries on IMDB (“Genre: Western”).

Western began in the late eighteen hundreds when a movie was about 10 minutes long. They started getting popular in Hollywood from the early 20th century to the 1960s. John Ford landmark western adventure Stagecoach became one of the biggest hits in 1939. Many of the most acclaimed westerns were released during the 1952-1956. Westerns themes have evolved overtime beginning in the silent era, the western captured movie-goers’ imaginations. Quick drawing, white hat good guys battled the mustachioed

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

Western Essay Alannah Jones When you think about film genre, you may ask yourself questions such as, how has it evolved over time? Why has it evolved over time? How has it shaped popular culture? Film, regardless of the genre, consists of elements, in which makes it a film. In a western genre, you may look for elements such as costumes, effects/editing, and narrative. What about these elements makes them important in a Western film? In the film industry, costumes are an important element. Not only

idea works that express or seem express about reality our world. Griffith states that “Themes are ideas about life outside the work—about the real world, our world—that we draw from works of literature—not just from fiction but from literature in all genres” (40). Based on that, the writer thinks that theme is one of the most important thing in literary works. Actually, I am Number Four; The Lost Files; Hidden enemy has many themes in it. The narrator and character state other possible theme that is