No Country for Old Tropes: On Genre Subversion in the Western

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  • @jayfolk
    @jayfolk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I like Sicario, Hell or High Water, & Wind River for my neo-western craving.

    • @Mentis-de
      @Mentis-de 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They are thriller movies but not western

    • @rodolfo_oliva
      @rodolfo_oliva 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Mentis-de Hell or High Water is definitely a western dude. Sicario and Wind River only have western vibes tho.

    • @KaizerMan
      @KaizerMan 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sicario would be an interesting subversion considering it takes place in Mexico. -Spaghetti Western- it's a Tamale Western lol

  • @paulinaenck5797
    @paulinaenck5797 6 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    The Sisters Brothers is a fascinating recent subversion of the Western. Brilliant performances and a great storyline

    • @khai2322
      @khai2322 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Isn’t it starring Gyllenhaal too?

    • @anirudh9492
      @anirudh9492 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@khai2322 yepp

  • @Pyro-Moloch
    @Pyro-Moloch 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Unforgiven is one of my all-time favourites. A true masterpiece.

  • @ratsalad178
    @ratsalad178 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    wish I'd watched this when i was studying for my film paper in college haha. great video!

  • @RockSmithStudio
    @RockSmithStudio 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Excellent breakdown of the western genre!

  • @mafiadabest
    @mafiadabest 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Deadman with Johnny Depp is by far one of the strangest experiences I've ever had while watching a movie. What a surreal depiction of the wild west.

    • @st_orlie
      @st_orlie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I watched it while ill which only made the experience more surreal.

    • @mafiadabest
      @mafiadabest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@st_orlie It was so good though. I love the whole play on William Blake haha

    • @st_orlie
      @st_orlie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mafiadabest indeed, a masterpiece.

  • @sirlordhenrymortimer6620
    @sirlordhenrymortimer6620 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great content

  • @iyanacampbell
    @iyanacampbell 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love this channel.

  • @stephenkeen5737
    @stephenkeen5737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great explanation video. Well done

  • @foxb5974
    @foxb5974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've been planning on making a western short

    • @Elvergalarga-gq2fu
      @Elvergalarga-gq2fu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would love to see it soon:)

    • @foxb5974
      @foxb5974 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Elvergalarga-gq2fu ya it should cool

  • @SirBlackReeds
    @SirBlackReeds 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Funny thing, Brokeback Mountain can easily be described as "a story about two guys unapologetically cheating on their wives for twenty years."

  • @StepbyStepPhotographyandVideo
    @StepbyStepPhotographyandVideo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job

  • @xlovis9348
    @xlovis9348 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I would it like to watch a video about Michael Fassbender or the movie Steve Jobs!

  • @Infamous1892
    @Infamous1892 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not a Bad Video. Just wish it was longer.

  • @st_orlie
    @st_orlie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Putting up high noon when saying that traditional westerns end with a glamorized shootout was a joke right?

    • @cadubem10
      @cadubem10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This guy is a fucking hack, avoid youtube video essays

    • @sigmundfreude4088
      @sigmundfreude4088 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is a glamorized shootout. Maybe THE glamorized shootout in western history.

  • @DuinHark
    @DuinHark 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saying that these films are revisionism is a mistake. I would say they are subvertive.

  • @kixkid__8572
    @kixkid__8572 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do a video about drive

  • @ShakinJonny
    @ShakinJonny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A western is a movie that takes place in the 1800.
    Cowboys and indians.
    Colts and Winchesters.
    Horses and stagecoaches.
    Stetsons and locomotives.
    Ect.
    Brokeback mountain and no country for old men, are not Westerns. They take place in the mosern times, when cars and planes where invented.

    • @williamhiers1280
      @williamhiers1280 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That's westerns as a setting. Westerns as a set of storytelling principles can occur in any era.

    • @reibee888
      @reibee888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bruh

    • @justinratcliffe947
      @justinratcliffe947 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@williamhiers1280ShakinJonny is an idiot

  • @cinnamon_biscuit08
    @cinnamon_biscuit08 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    All good till the gay part

  • @Glory_inthe_3rd77
    @Glory_inthe_3rd77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You make sure you speak for yourself and quit including all of the United States when you say that people don't believe in certain ideals anymore maybe when you referring to students at Berkeley

    • @paulhelfant614
      @paulhelfant614 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s really sad what they have done to this beloved genre. I for sure believe in the ideals in a John Wayne movie. Or any older Western for that matter. Not only are those older movies great to watch, but you also learn a lot of very very good ideal’s. Don’t forget all of those amazing tv shows we have. Gun smoke is my favorite, a sherif who brings cold hard justice. If a character like that existed today liberals like this man would be running to there safe spaces.

    • @thetruthlies7
      @thetruthlies7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@paulhelfant614Lmao cope about the fact that No Country For Old Men is infinitely superior to those movies you've referenced.

  • @Glory_inthe_3rd77
    @Glory_inthe_3rd77 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Buddy Brokeback Mountain that's not a western type movie they just happened to be wearing cowboy hats LOL do you understand now the hateful eight that is a western type and I'm shocked you do not have it on here if you do I haven't seen it yet at 3 minutes but I think you're confusing people just wearing cowboy hats with it trying to be a western movie LOL