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Cowboys and Aliens: A Movie Review
Can you guess what this movie is about? I couldn’t, not with precision. I was expecting something whimsical and set in contemporary times. Instead, we are transported to 19th century New Mexico, with bad-ass cowboys, really bad-ass aliens (think, Sigourney … Continue reading
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Camelot and the Wild West
Last Sunday, after the Bears lost, I was working on one of my western movie posts. Mary switched channels and I looked up to catch the conclusion of First Knight, starring Sean Connery as King Arthur and Richard Gere as … Continue reading
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McCabe and Mrs. Miller
I had planned to discuss Robert Altman’s McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), in the same vein as my earlier discussion of True Grit and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, but after wrestling with the post for two days, I … Continue reading
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True Grit, Pothos, and Westerns that Stick With You
Not just Americans, but people around the world understand that some westerns completely transcend genre. Their stories stay with you; like the greatest drama (to paraphrase Joyce) they arrest the mind in the presence of what is grave and constant … Continue reading
