THEME EXPLORATION

Western pioneers

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968 · Sergio Leone
3 Bad Men
3 Bad Men
1926 · John Ford
A Flickering Light
A Flickering Light
1916 · Frank Borzage
Ciné-mafia
Ciné-mafia
1980 · Jean Rouch
Crook Buster
Crook Buster
1925 · William Wyler
Forty Guns
Forty Guns
1957 · Samuel Fuller
During the Round-Up
During the Round-Up
1913 · D.W. Griffith
La rabbia
La rabbia
1963 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
La Machine à refaire la vie
La Machine à refaire la vie
1933 · Julien Duvivier
The White Buffalo
The White Buffalo
1977 · J. Lee Thompson
Vent d’est
Vent d’est
1970 · Glauber Rocha
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Francis Ford Coppola United States

Master of the Western genre who explored the mythology and moral complexities of frontier expansion through iconic films like 'The Searchers' and 'My Darling Clementine'.

 Damien Leone Italy

Revolutionized the Western through 'spaghetti Westerns' that deconstructed pioneer mythology and examined the violence and greed underlying frontier expansion.