THEME EXPLORATION

Western conflict

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
Fighting Blood
Fighting Blood
1911 · D.W. Griffith
Nan of Music Mountain
Nan of Music Mountain
1917 · Cecil B. DeMille
Thunder Riders
Thunder Riders
1928 · William Wyler
Man Without a Star
Man Without a Star
1955 · King Vidor
Gunslinger
Gunslinger
1956 · Roger Corman
Massacre At Grand Canyon
Massacre At Grand Canyon
1964 · Sergio Corbucci
Red Sun
Red Sun
1971 · Terence Young
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Umbrellas of Cherbourg
1964 · Jacques Demy
L'Atalante
L'Atalante
1934 · Jean Vigo
Chinese Roulette
Chinese Roulette
1976 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
Das Madchen vom Moorhof
1935 · Douglas Sirk
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Damien Leone Italy

Revolutionized the Western genre by deconstructing the myth of the American frontier and exploring moral ambiguity in violent conflict through operatic filmmaking.

 Francis Ford Coppola United States

Explored the foundational conflicts between civilization and wilderness, settlers and Native Americans, in ways that both mythologized and questioned American expansion.