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Shaina 2021-12-08 08:01:39

Bazin's "What is a movie?" There are three chapters devoted to westerns. Westerns after World War II are called "super-westerns", and their cost and content are quite different from the previous Westerns. "Noon" is one of the representative ones.
An interesting gossip is that Carl Forman, the screenwriter of "Noon", was persecuted in exile in the United Kingdom during the McCarthy era, and wrote "The Bridge on the River Kwai" anonymously.
The emergence of "super-western films" marked the decline and disintegration of the western film genre.
The western films before had a single value and were purely storytelling. The westerns afterwards not only tell stories but also make people think about what comes after the story. In terms of cost, traditional Western films have also shifted from traditional A-level large-scale production to B-level. The reason for this may have a deeper economic background, and I think it is very likely that it has also affected those Italian westerns. There is no mention of Italian westerns in Bazin's book. Maybe the macaroni westerns at that time hadn't appeared yet.
In any case, Westerns as a genre later became related to various genres.

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  • Torrey 2022-04-23 07:02:04

    The irreconcilable contradiction between individualism and the interests of the community, in turn, creates the inherent alienation of the heroes of the West, and the portrayal of the fundamental evil is inconsequential. And, Gary Cooper's figure is no longer maintained.

  • Alexzander 2021-12-08 08:01:39

    The clock that keeps appearing keeps reminding: The movie time is in step with the real world time. This requires Nimaduo's powerful screenwriting and editing skills! The contrast of the lens and the use of satire are very successful, the switching and the soundtrack are quite good! Okay Kinniman, I finally want to admire you once

High Noon quotes

  • Martin: People gotta talk themselves into law and order before they do anything about it. Maybe because down deep they don't care. They just don't care.

  • [to his wife]

    Sam: Well, whaddya want? Do you want me to get killed? Do you want to be a widow, is that what you want?