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Unforgiven, a film directed by Clint Eastwood in 1992 utilizing a screenplay written by David Webb Peoples1 tries to deconstruct the typical portrayal of Old Hollywood’s American frontier in regard to romanticizing violence thereby freeing the typical genre from its old, preconceived stereotypes. The main film stars three well-known actors: Clint Eastwood (as William Munny), Morgan Freeman (as Ned Logan), and Gene Hackman (as Little Bill Daggett). Eastwood dedicated this film to three film directors

Power and sound. Those are the two aspects of this film that stuck out to me while I was watching Unforgiven. Clint Eastwood did a very good job of producing this movie. I saw power in the Sheriff while he was attacking Bill. I saw great use of sound while Ned was getting whipped, and also the music towards the end. Clint Eastwood did a great job showing the Sheriff’s power. He did this several times throughout the movie. However, one time I really noticed it, was when he was attacking Bill. The

Stagecoach is a western movie that has several features to it. People do things for pride and protection. People can come together at the end and work together. In this film, these two features are portrayed in various parts of the movie. This film touches upon pride. People are prideful of what they do or have done. A shotgun person was needed and Curly took the job. He is a prideful sheriff that decided to take shotgun when no one else wanted to. His role in the film can be portrayed bigger. He

The American cowboy’s heyday only lasted about twenty years, from 1880-1900. The men that were called “cowboy” were mostly just work hands moving from place to place looking for work. The Real cowboys were nothing much like what we envision them today or how Hollywood has portrayed them, but that does not really matter, the Idea of the cowboy and his code has shaped America in many different ways. The Cowboy became a symbol of honesty, hardworking, moral men not afraid to stand up to evil. American

These themes include gender roles, villains, and the issue of justice within a community, glamorization of violence and the genre-typical structure of the Western move. An overall trend in the Western genre is evident in the way that these movies continuously challenge the “progress” that was representative of the frontier West. Initially, western films did not have any social connotations attached to them other than the glamorization of the west, but as the films progressed with time we see this

The Searchers (John Ford 1956) The iconic film The Searchers was directed by John Ford in 1956. It displays as a Western Genre depicting the era of the Texas-Indian War. The movie takes place in 1868 in Texas and New Mexico. This movie was historically significant to the time it was created. The Searchers tells the story of an uncle going on an adventure to rescue his niece, Debbie, from a Comanche tribe that had kidnaped her and slaughtered her family. This film depicts several stereotypes about

In the film Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939) the Western characteristics of this film are that the cowboys in the film are resourceful and restricted to no one. They are fully competent of roaming the frontier on their own without having to rely on the securities of civilization. Yet they also have a code of honor; although they are ruggedly independent, the cowboys respect the rules of society and is unwilling to exploit others or to condone the careless disregard for human life exhibited by outlaws

part of the western genre. For example, when we think of a western we immediately picture an open landscape of mountain ranges, rugged lands or vast plains. We see settlers building homesteads or small towns, which often creates a main street where all the small business would be located including a jail and some saloons. Also, I cannot forget about the famous bar and gunfight scenes that will get you to the edge of your seat. The film Stagecoach is a perfect example of a typical western but the film

– Even Heroes Need a Little Romance A hardened cowboy on a tough horse who is not afraid of killing is an image one might conjure when visualizing the Western genre. However, an essential part of every Western story lies behind the wall put up by every cowboy. The romance between the hero and the heroine is worked into many, if not all, Western novels. This romance acts as a savior to both the hero and the heroine in Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) written by Zane Grey and Stagecoach (1939) directed

Unforgiven 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