100 Westerns (Paperback, 2006 Ed.)

The Western is one of Hollywood cinema's most potent and enduring genres, bound up with America's understanding of itself as a frontier nation. Edward Buscombe provides an illuminating guide to a hundred key films of the genre, from Bad Day at Black Rock to The Wild Bunch, by way of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, A Fistful of Dollars, The Searchers and The Magnificent Seven. Each entry includes a plot synopsis, major credits, and a commentary on the film's significance and its production and exhibition history. Edward Buscombe's introduction to the volume addresses the perennial appeal of the Western, exploring its 19th century popular culture, and its relationship to the economic structure of Hollywood. He considers the defining features of the Western - the concept of the frontier, and the key role of masculinity - 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 and its marked decline from the 1970s, as well as the contribution of major auteurs such as Ford, Mann, Peckinpah, Leone and Eastwood.

General

Imprint:	Bfi Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Screen Guides
Release date:	April 2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Edward Buscombe
Dimensions:	168 x 123 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	248
Edition:	2006 Ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-84457-112-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > Film theory & criticism
LSN:	1-84457-112-2
Barcode:	9781844571123

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