THEME EXPLORATION

western expansion

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
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913 · D.W. Griffith
The Iron Horse
The Iron Horse
1924 · John Ford
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
Shoot First… Ask Questions Later
1975 · Sergio Corbucci
A Flickering Light
A Flickering Light
1916 · Frank Borzage
Crook Buster
Crook Buster
1925 · William Wyler
Custer of the West
Custer of the West
1967 · Robert Siodmak
Forty Guns
Forty Guns
1957 · Samuel Fuller
La rabbia
La rabbia
1963 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Rose et Landry
Rose et Landry
1963 · Jean Rouch
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

Ford's iconic westerns like 'The Searchers' and 'My Darling Clementine' deeply explore the complexities of frontier expansion, manifest destiny, and its human costs.

 Damien Leone Italy

Leone's operatic spaghetti westerns reframed the western expansion narrative through a European lens, emphasizing mythmaking and the moral ambiguity of frontier conquest.