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- 3. Name that person: One of Hollywood's iconic cowboy/gunslingers, was most popular in the 1930s-1950s, starred in "Stagecoach" as Ringo Kidd, and is one of the "Johns".
- 5. This style of Western developed from about the 1960s and challenges, revises or comments on the traditional forms of the genre.
- 8. Name that person: American actor and director who made his fame in the Dollar trilogy in the 1960s, directed the Oscar-winning Western 'Unforgiven" (1992), and in the 21st century has made movies like "Million Dollar Baby" or "Juror N.2"; ironically his name suggests he does not come from the west.
- 9. This style of Western is not a Western at all on its surface. It takes a number of Western conventions but transposes them into other genres, such as action. Examples: "Star Wars", "Indiana Jones", "Die Hard", "Rambo" or the Marvel movies.
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- 1. This style of Western reached its height in the 1940s/50s. Two examples we saw in class: "Stagecoach" (1939) & "Shane" (1953.)
- 2. Name that person: The "other" John, was the most famous director of Westerns from the 1920s-1950s, made "The Iron Horse" and "Stagecoach" among many others.
- 4. This style of Western takes the codes,conventions or themes of Westerns but transposes them into more modern settings, such as "Breaking Bad" (V.Gilligan) or "No Country for Old Men" (Coen Bros).
- 6. This style of Western came about in the 1960s, made by Italian flmmakers, and shot in Spain & Italy (rather than the desserts or plains of the US West). Example: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly".
- 7. Name that person: The most iconic of the Italian filmmakers, made the Dollars trilogy (incl. "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"), collaborated with composer Ennion Morricone, who created THE sound of the Wild West.