Re: movie question of the day: did the anti-western save or kill the western?
- From: George Peatty <pttyg47-1230@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 30 Jun 2006 07:28:07 -0700
In article <1151654973.264067.245910@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, anthead
says...
think of films like wild bunch, mccabe and mrs miller, hired hand,
little big man, etc.
did they revive the western or nail the coffin shut?
have most westerns since the 70s been traditional, anti-western, or
neither?
Well, someone astutely observed that the only TV westerns that failed were the
ones that were closest to portraying the west as it actually was. If you buy
that, and I do, the western isn't history or a biography, it's a fable, and it's
part not only of its times but of ours. What I'm trying to say is that the
westerns with the broadest and greatest appeal are not just about the west, but
about the 30's and 40's and 50's and 60's when they were made. So, once 1970
hit, modern times had changed, and modern storytellers could not infuse the
spirit of the west with the spirit of the new era. The western that is true to
the real American west still exists, and will always exist. But, that western
that is part fable, part history, part cultural mosaic is gone.
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