The western genre : from Lordsburg to Big Whiskey / John Saunders.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Saunders, John, 1940-

Series:

• Short cuts (London, England)
• Short cuts series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Western films--History and criticism.
• Western films.

Physical Description:

131 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Wallflower, 2001.

Summary:

"The Western Genre: From Lordsburg to Big Whiskey" offers close readings of the definitive American film movement as represented by such leading exponents as John Ford, Howard Hawks, and Sam Peckinpah. In his consideration of such iconic motifs as the Outlaw Hero and the Lone Rider, John Saunders traces the development of perennial aspects of the genre, its continuity and, importantly, its change. Representations of morality and masculinity are also foregrounded in consideration of the genre's major stars John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, and such films as "Shane", "Rio Bravo", "The Wild Bunch, " and "Unforgiven".

Notes:

Filmography: pages 125-127 ; bibliography: pages 129-131.

ISBN:

1903364124

OCLC:

48030270