Monday is about movies, and sometimes TV. Today, the Western genre. I am once again asking for your help…this time, in building a watch list of must-see Westerns.
Rio Bravo is, as you prob. know, the opposite to High Noon. In High Noon, Gary Cooper finds nobody is up the the job and does it himself. In Rio Bravo, John Wayne finds nobody is up to the job and works with that.
Everyone's mentioned great films. What's left? Oddball western... "Welcome To Blood City". Meditation on Wild West legends vs history "My Name Is Nobody". Brothers grown apart "Winchester '73". First quasi sympathetic portrayal of First Nations (or whatever the term is) "The Broken Arrow". See also: "A Man Called Horse" Modern western: "Lonely Are The Brave". You've probably seen a heap of these already though.
High Noon, of course. Simon, to me Westerns across all the genres are Boy Movies, That being said, I am sure that each of your 28 wives adored watching Westerns with you
A Fistful of Dynamite (aka Duck You Suckers) - Sergio Leone, with James Coburn as an IRA man in revolutionary Mexico. It has the best flashback sequence in the history of the movies...
My Darling Clementine (thanks to Robert C. Gilbert for the reminder)
For some reason often overlooked but I love Tin Star 1957 directed by Anthony Mann and a great cast including Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins.
Rio Bravo is, as you prob. know, the opposite to High Noon. In High Noon, Gary Cooper finds nobody is up the the job and does it himself. In Rio Bravo, John Wayne finds nobody is up to the job and works with that.
Everyone's mentioned great films. What's left? Oddball western... "Welcome To Blood City". Meditation on Wild West legends vs history "My Name Is Nobody". Brothers grown apart "Winchester '73". First quasi sympathetic portrayal of First Nations (or whatever the term is) "The Broken Arrow". See also: "A Man Called Horse" Modern western: "Lonely Are The Brave". You've probably seen a heap of these already though.
Thanks! I have in fact seen NONE of the films you’ve mentioned. But I have heard of most of them. So thanks fo the memory-jog. Very good.
High Noon, of course. Simon, to me Westerns across all the genres are Boy Movies, That being said, I am sure that each of your 28 wives adored watching Westerns with you
Um, thanks? :)
The Wild Bunch
Valdez is Coming
A Fistful of Dynamite (aka Duck You Suckers) - Sergio Leone, with James Coburn as an IRA man in revolutionary Mexico. It has the best flashback sequence in the history of the movies...
My Darling Clementine (thanks to Robert C. Gilbert for the reminder)
I’m a fan of western revisionism - three faves:
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Wild Bunch
The Searchers
McCabe and Mrs Miller (my favourite)
Nice!
Oops, four faves haha
Here are a few, in my opinion:
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford)
Ride the High Country (Sam Peckinpah)
Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks)
Shane (George Stevens)
My Darling Clementine (Ford)
Thank you! This more than gets the party started, all films I’ve heard of - to my shame I’ve not seen any of them. Will fix!