THEME EXPLORATION

American West

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Plainsman
The Plainsman
1936 · Cecil B. DeMille
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson
1976 · Robert Altman
Little Big Man
Little Big Man
1970 · Arthur Penn
Custer of the West
Custer of the West
1967 · Robert Siodmak
Mississippi Blues
Mississippi Blues
1984 · Bertrand Tavernier
Sons of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
1939 · Michael Curtiz
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
The Pinochet Case
The Pinochet Case
2001 · Patricio Guzmán
Gaayapadda Simham
Gaayapadda Simham
2026 · Kasyap Sreenivas
Abidjan, port de pêche
Abidjan, port de pêche
1962 · Jean Rouch
Akt
Akt
1961 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Caboblanco
Caboblanco
1980 · J. Lee Thompson
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Francis Ford Coppola USA

He defined the Western genre through masterpieces like 'The Searchers' and 'My Darling Clementine,' exploring the mythology and moral complexities of the American frontier.

 Damien Leone Italy

His operatic Spaghetti Westerns ('The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,' 'Once Upon a Time in the West') revolutionized the genre and reimagined the American West as myth.