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- The mythology of the Western. Dowell, Pat // Cineaste;Feb95, Vol. 21 Issue 1/2, p5
Discusses the characteristics of Hollywood Western motion pictures in the 1990s. Adaptation of the Western for feminist, African-American and Native American revisionism; Disconnection between old and new Western films; Analysis of several Western films made since 1993.
- Things aren't so great at the OK Corral. McCormick, Patrick // U.S. Catholic;Jun97, Vol. 62 Issue 6, p40
Focuses on the cultural, religious, and political context of Western films in the United States. Popularity of Western films; Lure of adventures; Stereotyping of characters.
- Alive and Well: Western Myth in Western movies. McReynolds, Douglas J. // Literature Film Quarterly;1998, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p46
Discusses the changes in the treatment of Western myths in Western movies. Debunking of the familiar western archetypes; Directors' use of the formal dance to establish social hierarchies and relationships; Criticisms on the new Westerns' sharing of a pessimistic view of society; Significance of...
- Taking care of things: Evolution in the treatment of a Western theme, 1947-1957. McReynolds, Douglas J.; Lips, Barbara J. // Literature Film Quarterly;1990, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p202
Focuses on the evolution in the treatment of Western themes in movies from 1947 to 1957. `High Noon'; `The Tin Star'; Dramatization of society whose redemption depends on the integrity of its youth; Attempt to preserve a system of values that had proved successful against a real threat in...
- The western. Harshman, Frederick M. // Films in Review;Nov/Dec90, Vol. 41 Issue 11/12, p534
Presents the ten most entertaining Western films presented in chronological order to remember how good Westerns can be. Information about the films Stagecoach (1939), They died with their Boots on (1941), My Darling Clementine (1946), Red River (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and more.
- Westerns. Anez, Nicholas // Films in Review;Jan/Feb95, Vol. 46 Issue 1/2, p12
Part II. Presents an annotated listing of what the author considers the best motion pictures of the Western genre. Includes `The Halliday Brand,' directed by Joseph H. Lewis; `Decision at Sundown,' directed by Budd Boetticher; `Gun For a Coward,' directed by Abner Biberman; `Fort Massacre,'...
- THE VELVET LIGHT TRAP. // Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film & Television;Aug71, Issue 2, preceding p1
Various drawings depicting Western films are presented.
- Whose home on the range? Finding room for native Americans, African Americans, and Latino... Hoffman, Donald // MELUS;Summer97, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p45
Discusses the nature of American culture based on several western films in the United States. Includes `Drums Along the Mohawk'; `Dances With Wolves'; `The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez.'
- Writing the West: Iconic and Literal Truth in "Unforgiven." Ingrassia, Catherine // Literature Film Quarterly;1998, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p53
Looks at the implications of the critical and popular success of Clint Eastwood's `Unforgiven' on the status of Western films. Revision of the Western genre; Film's recognition of the Western's reliance on the writer to inform and construct the images on which the mythos depends; Imposition of a...
