Western Province

-Action -Western -Crime -Fantasy -Comedy The western genre is used during the beginning of the movie with the tumbleweed and the background music. Fantasy occurs when Lebowski has dreams him being in his dream called “Gutterball”. I believe that the Coen brothers used different genres to appeal to a wide spread audience. Multiple genres were used from different films; however, in order to understand the movie the audience had to have seen the films that the brothers took characters and genres

was an World-Renouned Actor, Director, Cowboy and Great American hero. John Wayne was an American actor that sparked and fed the American public’s love and devotion to Western movies that some people carry to this day. The Duke had a long and prosperous career in Hollywood in which he starred in some of the highest grossing Westerns in movie history, but it wasn’t always fame and fortune for John Wayne. In fact, it was quite the opposite and since this is about his ride to stardom let's go back

The use of mise-en-scene in John Ford’s classic western is very important when it comes to conveying the meanings and effects in “My Darling Clementine”. This essay will study the mise-en-scene of the film, to explore the meaning of violence and the effects of civilization on the frontier. The effects of civilization are very apparent in the film, as it seems that Ford has tried to explore the juxtaposition of civilization and wilderness. Henry Ford’s character, Wyatt Earp, an ex-Marshall who is

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

The movie The Searchers is an excellent representation of the movie genre: Western Films. From the action filled scenes to the time period it set in, there’s many components of this film that heavily qualify it as a traditional western film. Furthermore, It was directed by John Ford and the lead actor was John Wayne, two very influential people in the making of western film. In this film, John Wayne plays “Uncle Ethan” a civil war veteran who is returning home. Shortly after his return an indian

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

'Stagecoach' In 1939 John Ford masterminded a classical western film by the name of Stagecoach. This film has the integrity of a fine work of art. Being that it could be considered a work of art, the impression left on a viewing audience could differ relying on the audience's demographics. However, it is conceivable to all audiences that Ford delivers a cast of characters that are built on stereotypes and perceptions conjured from 'B' westerns that preceded this film's time. Each character is introduced

mask and enforcing vigilante justice in a small town terrorized by hardened western thugs or hostile Native Americans. These clichés are drawn mostly from the hundreds of movies and television productions that claim the title “Western”. This cinematic conception of the cowboy was a personification of the American spirit of rugged individualism and intrepid pioneering but it is largely only the result of Hollywood westerns of the 20th century, and not consistent with the actual reality of cowboy life

Ever since the early 20th century, there had been several attempts and experimentation in creating a new genre of cinema known as the Western. The first well-known Western movie The Great Train Robbery (1903), while not necessarily being the first ever Western, it is by both film historians and theorists definitely considered the pinnacle of the genre, that got it all started and that would be the first step in creating others similar to it, but also very different. Because it was still an unknown

‘The Searchers,’ the 1956 cinematic classic, is widely considered a ‘true American masterpiece of filmmaking, and the best, most influential, and perhaps most-admired film of director John Ford’ . Starring famed Western actor, John Wayne, the films consists of several themes, including the American identity, the opposition between civilization, and the contrast between the untamed frontier wilderness and the civilised, family unit, focused around the protagonist, Ethan Edwards. This central character