Description
Over the past ten weeks we have studied the American Western through three themes.
-First, we have examined how a series of films represents the West or the Frontier as a specific imagined space of chaos and violence. It is also a space where heroes can accomplish supra-human deeds, where law and justice are often identified with force and power, and it is a space of immense potentiality.
-Second, we discussed how the American western represented the struggle between good and evil. Some films represent this struggle as a singular conflict while other films represent is as an eternal struggle in which neither good nor evil vanquishes the other permanently, and others view the struggle as cosmic struggle.
-And, third, we examined how the other can be represented through a dynamic of religious understanding or misunderstanding. As we have noted, this dynamic is central in representations of Native American peoples, as well as otherness in settlers and ranchers, pan and sluice miners and high-pressure hydrological minning.
You need finish all of the films from the lists, beside on the Three themes. Each films 200 words.
1.the Brave,
2.Red River,
3.High Noon,
4.The Searchers,
5.My Darling Clementine,
6.The Wild Bunch,
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The brave
"The brave" is a film that displays the American West as a place of despair and
desperation. The movie begins by showing the protagonist "Raphael" as a destitute, drunkard
man with no hopes of providing his family with a good life. The most significant effect of the
film entails the overall themes since a larger part of the film concentrates on showing Raphael's
time with the family. Raphael is a native American and out of jail, a factor that makes him
unemployed and desperate to give a good life to his family. At the beginning of the film, his
despair is evident as he drinks alcohol intensely rather than providing for the family. However, a
twist emerges when a man known as McCarthy offered the protagonist fifty thousand dollars to
feature in a snuff film. A snuff film is that which contains actual homicide cases; hence, the
character in the movie dies in real life. Desperation is evident as Raphael agrees to take the
money since it will assist in alleviating the life of his family. This movie concentrates on the
creation of a range of emotions to the viewer since the protagonist has one week to live
(Metzger, 2011). In this perspective, Raphael's action of selling his life shows the extent of
despair in the American western and desperation that arises due to the existence of harsh living
conditions.
Red River
The film "red river" represents the American West as a place of bravery and risk taking.
The reason for this is since the movie concentrates on the actions of Mr. Wayne, a ranch owner.
Bravery plays a vital role in enhancing the survival of characters in the film in various instances;
for example, the ambush between Indians and Mr. Wayne at the beginning of the film that helped
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them survive. Furthermore, the boy, Matthew Garth, survived the attack and established his
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