Western
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the western genre.
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Bone Tomahawk
This already needs critical reevaluation. Bone Tomahawk is a new, unique perspective on the classic journey into the heart of darkness that’s been adapted previously by works such as Aguirre and Apocalypse Now. The slow natural pacing is informed by the greatest westerns and emphasizes the looming shadow of death the characters head into. Humorous… (read more)
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The Great Silence
The Great Silence may end up waiting some time before it’s commonly regarded as one of the greatest westerns, which is unfortunate as the film’s effect is immediate. The unique snowy backdrops impact the dialogue and scenes wonderfully, Klaus Kinski plays a suitably psychotic and manipulative villain, and for its modest length the film has… (read more)
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Once Upon a Time in the West
I never expected any western to approach the quality of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, but Once Upon a Time in the West both gave me hope and succeeded. The overstretched beginning is fairly flat, but once Charles Bronson and Jason Robards meet it’s as if the whole movie suddenly goes aflame. Sergio… (read more)
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A Fistful of Dollars
It’s surprising how they both run the same length, as Yojimbo fleshes out its setting and characters much more than A Fistful of Dollars does, perhaps due to Sergio Leone‘s slow, suspenseful pacing. Yojimbo is also funnier. Yojimbo this, Yojimbo that. A Fistful of Dollars is inferior, but it still has plenty of its own… (read more)