Silverado.
Good western.
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Miracleman - Jan 07, 2009 6:36:57 am PST #9380 of 10000
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
le nubian - Jan 07, 2009 6:41:49 am PST #9381 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Would you all put Unforgiven on that list?
Sean K - Jan 07, 2009 6:43:41 am PST #9382 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I know people who don't like Unforgiven, but it's in contention for top western in my book.
sumi - Jan 07, 2009 6:43:52 am PST #9383 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Ooh, Silverado is fun.
I haven't seen Unforgiven (yet) - nor sadly have I seen Appaloosa yet. Still disappointed that it's not about a spotted horse.
What's the one where Maureen O'Hara is John Wayne's ex and she sends him after his grandson who has been kidnapped? That one's fun.
Also: The Rare Breed.
Amy - Jan 07, 2009 6:44:36 am PST #9384 of 10000
Because books.
I LOVE Unforgiven. Definitely one of my top Westerns, if not the top.
Fred Pete - Jan 07, 2009 6:56:13 am PST #9385 of 10000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Westerns aren't usually my thing, but I'm always up for another viewing of
Destry Rides Again
Silverado
The Misfits
Red River is on the want-to-see list.
Kathy A - Jan 07, 2009 6:56:51 am PST #9386 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I did see Appaloosa (with my dad, of course!). It was all right as a character study, and it did have the Viggo factor I referred to above, but it's not in my top ten Westerns. It just moved too slow for my taste.
beekaytee - Jan 07, 2009 7:06:16 am PST #9387 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
The portion of the doc "A personal journey through American movies with Martin Scorcese" that covers Westerns is priceless.
Prior to Marty's catechism on cinema, it never occured to me that the only indigenous film genres are Westerns, Gangster films (Westerns with suits and Tommy guns rather than horses and revolvers) and Musicals.
Though I suppose early martial arts films could be classified as gangster movies with robes and hand-to-hand combat versus cowboy hats and gun fights.
At any rate, I have to agree with the blurb on the back cover: A film course with one of the world's most passionate teachers...required viewing!
beekaytee - Jan 07, 2009 7:09:11 am PST #9388 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
I"m not much for westerns as a rule but I love Silverado, Tombstone and, believe it or not, The Quick and the Dead.
My dexh LOVED Lone Wolf McQuade, a copy of which I keep in his honor and for it's baditude of badness.
edited because I'm actually literate.
Kathy A - Jan 07, 2009 7:16:38 am PST #9389 of 10000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Last week, I saw a PBS show on those actors and filmmakers who escaped Hitler's Germany (and the countries he later invaded) and fled to Hollywood. They pointed out the way that the German directors/cinematographers/writers created film noir out of the German Expressionist movies such as M and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.