hero, there are two, who act not on behalf of society and order but their own personal gain. For A Few Dollars More revolves around these three main characters. The first character introduced by Leone to the audience is Colonel Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), “a retired soldier and bounty hunter motivated not only by profit but also the thirst for revenge” (Bondanella, 257) of his sister’s rape and death. He is a professional, who stalks his target from a distance with an assortment of rifles rolled
A typical Western would usually be set in the late 19th century in the mid-west of America in a remote town. The town is usually small, lonely and unwelcoming. Typically a western set looks like it is in the middle of a desert with sand, cacti and tumbleweed which gives a desert look, there are usually never any lakes or rivers around these features make the place look really hot and deserted. The buildings are generally timber board houses with swinging doors and outside the buildings are places
A NOT-SO-ACCURATE prophet once wrote, "As recently as 1972, there were a tremendous number of quality Westerns being made . . . and since there seems to be a ten-year cycle in Western movie making, I'd say we'll see more in about 1982." 1 In 1982 only two Westerns were released, and neither was exactly a major success. Barbarosa, starring Willie Nelson, drew some respectable reviews–and some very damaging ones–but nobody went to see the film. The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez appeared first on PBS television
“If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought – not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.” United States v. Schwimmer, Oliver Wendell Holmes’s dissenting opinion stands truer today than ever before when looked at in the terms of the conflict between the right to freely speak and the right to an education. The reoccurring issue within these campus hate speech
In the mid to late 1950s, classic westerns where becoming obsolete paving the way for a revolutionary Italian director Sergio Leone. The new style of westerns known as “Spaghetti Westerns” was too many Americans ludicrous, no spaghetti westerns delves into the grotesque perspective better than the Dollar Trilogy films starring Clint Eastwood as the “Man with no Name”. Leone’s innovative cinematic style is brought to life through his unorthodox characters and their pursuit for fortune. Leone’s grotesque