Western Film Genre

Avi Flombaum 01/01/02 Dr. Jucovy Film         Think of a horse opera ? the lone puncher and his quest for identity, the damsel in distress, the trusty steed, the beautiful landscapes, the unprejudiced town, the gun-slinging villain, the deadly noontime duel, and the ride off into the sunset. These staples define the western. Two decisive opinions on the significance of these staples are presented in Katherine Lawries essay same or Connoisseur? Genre Theory and John Fords degree (Lawrie). The first is that of Robert Warshow who believes that the focus of any western should be on these elements alone. Most contentiously, he [Warshow] mandates that the tarradiddle focus upon the individual heros occupy to assert his identity, and diminishes the importance of secondary characters and issues, or any inclining toward social drama (Lawrie). The early(a) theory, Katherine Lawries, states that varying the core, and including social themes in westerns creates interesting and moving films, which justifies the existence of the genre. Two unarguable members of the western genre, stage and Shane, contain relationships and interactions that Warshow would seem to consider non-western. They do non focus on the protagonists quest for identity, but rather, seem to bring forth emotional themes and social commentary through personal relationships.

        Stagecoach begins with a fifteen-minute introduction of characters, none of which is Ringo, the classic white clothed, cowboy.



Already, the narrative is not focused on the cowboy, but on the other characters and their interactions. They act out in their relationships their representative social types. Cinematically, the collage prologue automatically builds the relationship between the characters. When the gambler sees Mrs. Mallory approaching, the camera takes nifty care to separate the gambler from his game, and then, Mrs. Mallory from her group of escorts. This technique forms the future day bond between these characters.

The camera creates other relationships that are...

If you want to abbreviate a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



If you want to get a full essay, wisit our page: write my paper