Elements of American Westerns: Edge, Frontier, Conflict

Hayden 2022-04-26 06:01:02

Black and white movies, the effect of light and shadow is very obvious, and the performance of the perspective screen is very wonderful. This tracking and confession is the most romantic part of the film. "Dalles, you don't have relatives, nor do I, maybe I take it for granted (we should be together)... when I see you holding that woman's baby, you look too... I have one on the border A house, a nice place..." The frontier family, the American dream represented by the pioneers.

Two isolated and excluded marginal people, no matter how lonely they are, they can warm each other and find their own happiness. The male protagonist's denim outfit is really nice (๑• . •๑)

After reading it, and thinking about "The Hateful Eight", the four are also in the carriage. Those four are really super chatty. This group of strangers is much silent, and the people who are interested are just interesting people. The fat coachman, the skinny "bishop" and the drunk doctor took over all the laughs. Mrs. Captain had a strong backbone, and the positive portrayal of the soldiers was everywhere, but the prejudice was not lifted until the end.

A punch-through lens?

This shooting scene is so exciting. Exteriors, big vistas, vast, barbaric, safe, and perilous. A panning shot: from a carriage in the distance to the Indians on the nearby hills, bloody battles are inevitable.

Mixed emotions: Fierce Indians fight Americans with modern firearms, no match. "Big Sword Society" Chinese folk "mysterious" organizations fought against the Japanese with heavy casualties and were vulnerable to a single blow. Whoever has advanced weapons has the right to speak. Civilization is thus distorted.

This shot from the back is amazing, you can feel the weight of the horse falling to the ground and the yellow dust everywhere.

The Last Revenge deserves another mention: Cowboy??

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Extended Reading

Stagecoach quotes

  • Buck: If I was you I'd let 'em shoot it out.

    Marshal Curly Wilcox: Let who?

    Buck: Luke Plummer and the Kid. There'd be a lot more peace in this territory if that Luke Plummer was so full of lead he couldn't hold his liquor.

    Marshal Curly Wilcox: I ain't sayin' I don't share your sentiments, Buck. But you're a born fool!

    Buck: Oh, I know that.

  • Ringo Kid: My father and brother were shot down by the Plummer boy... Guess you don't know how it feels to loose your own folks that way.

    Dallas: I lost mine when I was a kid. It was a massacre on Superstition Mountain.

    Ringo Kid: That's tough - especially on a girl.