100 Westerns

by Buscombe, Edward

• ISBN13: 9781844571116
• ISBN10: 1844571114
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-16
• Publisher: British Film Institute

Summary

Addresses the perennial appeal of the Western, exploring its 19th century popular culture, and its relationship to the economic structure of Hollywood. This work considers the defining features of the Western and traces its main cycles, from the epic Westerns of the 1920s and singing cowboys of the 1930s to the Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s.

Author Biography

Edward Buscombe is the editor of The BFI Companion to Western and has written on Stagecoach, The Searchers and The Unforgiven in the BFI Film Classics series. His most recent book is Cinema Today, published by Phaidon.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Across the Wide Missouri, William Wellman, 1950	1	(2)
Antonio das Mortes/Dragao da maldade contra o santo guerreiro, Glauber Rocha, 1969	3	(2)
Apache, Robert Aldrich, 1954	5	(2)
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch, D. W. Griffith, 1913	7	(2)
The Beguiled, Don Siegel, 1970	9	(2)
The Big Sky, Howard Hawks, 1952	11	(2)
The Big Trail, Raoul Walsh, 1930	13	(3)
Broken Arrow, Delmer Daves, 1950	16	(3)
A Bullet for the General/Quien sabe?, Damiano Damiani, 1966	19	(2)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, George Roy Hill, 1969	21	(3)
Calamity Jane, David Butler, 1953	24	(2)
Comanche Station, Budd Boetticher, 1960	26	(2)
Cowboy, Delmer Daves, 1958	28	(3)
Dances With Wolves, Kevin Costner, 1990	31	(2)
Day of the Outlaw, Andre de Toth, 1959	33	(2)
Dead Man, Jim Jarmusch, 1995	35	(2)
Destry Rides Again, George Marshall, 1939	37	(2)
Django, Sergio Corbucci, 1966	39	(2)
Dodge City, Michael Curtiz, 1939	41	(2)
Duel in the Sun, King Vidor, 1946	43	(3)
El Dorado, Howard Hawks, 1966	46	(3)
Face to Face/Faccia a faccia, Sergio Sollima, 1967	49	(2)
A Fistful of Dollars/Per un pugno di dollari, Sergio Leone, 1964	51	(3)
For a Few Dollars More/Per qualche dollaro in piu, Sergio Leone, 1965	54	(2)
Fort Apache, John Ford, 1948	56	(2)
Forty Guns, Samuel Fuller, 1957	58	(2)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly/Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Sergio Leone, 1966	60	(3)
Go West, Buster Keaton, 1925	63	(2)
Great Day in the Morning, Jacques Tourneur, 1956	65	(2)
The Great K & A Train Robbery, Lewis Seiler, 1926	67	(2)
The Great Train Robbery, Edwin S. Porter, 1903	69	(3)
The Grey Fox, Phillip Borsos, 1982	72	(2)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, John Sturges, 1956	74	(3)
The Gunfighter, Henry King, 1950	77	(2)
The Hanging Tree, Delmer Daves, 1959	79	(2)
Heaven's Gate, Michael Cimino, 1980	81	(2)
Heller in Pink Tights, George Cukor, 1960	83	(2)
Hell's Hinges, Charles Swickard, 1916	85	(2)
High Noon, Fred Zinnemann, 1952	87	(2)
High Plains Drifter, Clint Eastwood, 1972	89	(2)
The Iron Horse, John Ford, 1924	91	(3)
Johnny Guitar, Nicholas Ray, 1954	94	(3)
The Last of the Mohicans, Michael Mann, 1992	97	(2)
The Last Sunset, Robert Aldrich, 1961	99	(2)
The Last Wagon, Delmer Daves, 1956	101	(2)
The Law and Jake Wade, John Sturges, 1958	103	(2)
Little Big Man, Arthur Penn, 1970	105	(3)
Lonesome Cowboys, Andy Warhol, 1968	108	(2)
The Long Riders, Walter Hill, 1980	110	(2)
The Magnificent Seven, John Sturges, 1960	112	(3)
Major Dundee, Sam Peckinpah, 1964	115	(3)
The Man from Laramie, Anthony Mann, 1955	118	(3)
Man of the West, Anthony Mann, 1958	121	(2)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, John Ford, 1962	123	(3)
McCabe and Mrs Miller, Robert Altman, 1971	126	(2)
The Missouri Breaks, Arthur Penn, 1976	128	(4)
Monte Walsh, William A. Fraker, 1970	132	(3)
My Darling Clementine, John Ford, 1946	135	(3)
The Naked Spur, Anthony Mann, 1952	138	(2)
Oh, Susanna!, Joseph Kane, 1936	140	(2)
Once Upon a Time in the West/C'era una volta il west, Sergio Leone, 1968	142	(4)
One-Eyed Jacks, Marlon Brando, 1960	146	(3)
Open Range, Kevin Costner, 2004	149	(2)
The Outlaw Josey Wales, Clint Eastwood, 1976	151	(2)
The Paleface, Norman Z. McLeod, 1948	153	(2)
Pale Rider, Clint Eastwood, 1985	155	(2)
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Sam Peckinpah, 1973	157	(3)
Pursued, Raoul Walsh, 1947	160	(2)
Ramrod, Andre de Toth, 1947	162	(2)
Rancho Notorious, Fritz Lang, 1952	164	(2)
Red River, Howard Hawks, 1947	166	(2)
Ride Lonesome, Budd Boetticher, 1959	168	(3)
Ride the High Country, Sam Peckinpah, 1962	171	(2)
Rio Bravo, Howard Hawks, 1959	173	(2)
Rio Conchos, Gordon Douglas, 1964	175	(2)
Run of the Arrow, Samuel Fuller, 1957	177	(2)
The Searchers, John Ford, 1956	179	(2)
Shane, George Stevens, 1953	181	(3)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, John Ford, 1949	184	(2)
The Shooting, Monte Hellman, 1966	186	(3)
The Shootist, Don Siegel, 1976	189	(2)
Stagecoach, John Ford, 1939	191	(3)
Support Your Local Sheriff!, Burt Kennedy, 1969	194	(2)
The Tall Men, Raoul Walsh, 1955	196	(2)
The Tall T, Budd Boetticher, 1956	198	(3)
Tears of the Black Tiger/Fa Talai Jone, Wisit Sasanatieng, 2001	201	(2)
Terror in a Texas Town, Joseph H. Lewis, 1958	203	(2)
3.10 to Yuma, Delmer Daves, 1957	205	(2)
Two Rode Together, John Ford, 1961	207	(2)
Ulzana's Raid, Robert Aldrich, 1972	209	(2)
Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood, 1992	211	(2)
The Unforgiven, John Huston, 1959	213	(2)
Viva Maria!, Louis Malle, 1965	215	(2)
Wagon Master, John Ford, 1950	217	(2)
Warlock, Edward Dmytryk, 1959	219	(3)
Way Out West, James Horne, 1936	222	(2)
The Wild Bunch, Sam Peckinpah, 1969	224	(3)
Winchester '73, Anthony Mann, 1950	227	(3)
The Wonderful Country, Robert Parrish, 1959	230	(3)
Yellow Sky, William Wellman, 1948	233	(2)
Index	235