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regarding the Southwest has been and continues to be of the most popular genres. The western film was one of the most popular during the first half of the twentieth century. Audiences far and wide were mesmerized by actors such as John Wayne and Roy Rogers, and their roles as heroes who fought to tame the American frontier. This very concept, ‘taming the frontier’, gives way to a larger theme that was prevalent in many western films and literature of the southwest: ubi sunt, or rather “where are those who

In John Ford’s 1962 western, “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” the audience experiences a narrative with a flashback retell for most of the film. Ford uses diegesis storytelling to portray details about the taming of the western frontier and the experiences of his characters in the modernization of the frontier through narrative. This film uses a social ideology that it is time for the taming of the western frontier, with law and order. The audience learns through a flashback sequence that

The Hilarious Blazing Saddles On February 4, 1974, a director by the name of Mel Brooks produce a very entertaining Western film “Blazing Saddles”, starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. The movie took place in a town from the Old West scenery in a town called Rock Ridge. In the town a man by the Hedley Lamarr a shady land speculator need to have a railroad that runs through the town of Rock Ridge, but to have the railroad run through the town he need to figure out a way to get the, residents

The Western genre can be a variety of works, including texts and films, which are set in the American Old West during the latter half of the nineteenth century. This genre primarily focuses on the life of a cowboy with gunfights, a good guy and a bad guy, and the usually ending of riding off into the sunset. The common misconception that is shown throughout the Western genre is that the male characters are always the hero, whereas the female characters are impediments and less valuable. This relates

suggests that western comedy films both reinforce and subvert the conventions of their more serious classical counterparts in an attempt to “breathe new life into the genre”. While the author recognises that comedy “relies, to a certain extent, on the reversal of expectations”, he argues that the subgenre of western comedies actually has its own complex set of principles which can be observed throughout films belonging to the subgenre. To illustrate this Turner compares five western comedies ranging

The birth of the Western film comes from the unknown, lone hero whom defeats the villains on the frontier. In the case of the classical plot, the hero comes into society and ultimately fights for society against the villains using their own moral code usually ensuing violence and death. In the film, Shane, the Western hero, Shane, is just this hero whom cares about the good of society and stands up to the villains. Shane inevitably leaves upon defeating the villains showing that good triumphs evil

The UK is not a place one thinks of producing westerns. In fact there have only ever been two made entirely on the island that once ruled the world. Blood Moon is one of those, not sure what the other was-sign of poor journalism. On the other hand, wearwolves is something we do associate the English with---Wearwolves of London anyone's?--- This is where Blood Moon falls, a genre mashup for John Wayne/John Landis fan in all of us. Like many westerns, the flick starts out with a stranger (veteran

Super Meat Boy Meets Ninja Gaiden Meets Portal If you’re already familiar with the N+ series, then rest assured, it’s more of the same perfected gameplay you love to hate. If you’re new to the series, then welcome to hell. But it’s the kind of hell that feels like heaven when you finally conquer a level that just whooped you 30 times in a row. This is not going to end well.This is not going to end well. The gameplay in N++ is deceptively simple. The goal is to press a switch with your ninja and

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

John Ford’s The Searchers plays with the western genre primarily through its straddling of the line between the classical and contemporary western through John Wayne's duality of the hero and anti hero among additional more complex plot elements. The film opens with the typical opening of the frontier hero mode common in classic western with John Wayne’s character appearing out of nature to join the other charters in the story shortly before the conflict of the film is introduced. The conflict of