Westerns

there are two distinctive styles of riding - English and Western. There are both similarities and differences between the two types of riding. Regardless of the style of riding people participate in or favor, each world of riding opens up various activities for the rider to enjoy. The most obvious difference between English and Western riding is the tack itself. Most people associate Western riding with cowboys and herding cattle. The Western saddle is a larger, heavier saddle with a horn in the front

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

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

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

and contrasts The Searchers to the concept of ‘the stereotypical Western film’, the film would most certainly have shaped the mould for what the stereotypical western was to become. Being one of the largest early Western films to release, the film’s once relatively unique storyline and thematic content have become subject to being replicated in more recent Western films. Therefore, when comparing the film to the now conventional Western, it should serve moreso as a critique of the unoriginality of those

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

For many, when thinking of western films, the all too familiar “Cowboys and Indians” scenario comes to mind, the majority of the actors are white males (aside from the token white female thrown into the mix), and the final product is a story filled with stereotypes only showcasing on how little we have matured from our racist past. This idea is discussed in Michael Agresta’s “How the Western Was Lost — and Why It Matters”. He highlights the many failed western films produced in recent years and poses

The sketch has a typical western setting as well, which is shown directly by its name: The Gunfighter. People would think about cowboys with guns, which are symbols of the Western genre even without watching this sketch. In fact, in the beginning of this sketch, a cowboy looking guy who wears boots and hat walks into a pub, and the outdoor sight is basically a desert. From the sketch’s title, the character’s cowboy dressing, the element of desert landscape and the pub, and later the appearance of

The western film Shane (1953) was produced by director George Stephens and is based on the original book Shane (1949) written by Jack Schaefer. The western genre has specific codes and conventions that make it easy for an audience to recognise, such as; iconography (guns, horses, and typical cowboy costume), frontier towns, ranchers and homesteaders, gamblers, bandits, vast open lands and conquering virgin territory. Furthermore, western films often include binary oppositions such as; the individual

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