Western

Western


America


2016?

The Hired Hand (1971)

Director: Peter Fonda
Cast involved: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Verna Bloom

• the epic Western (i.e., The Big Country (1958))
• the 'singing cowboy' Western (films of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, see below) 
• the "spaghetti" Western (the "Man With No Name" trilogy of films by Sergio Leone)
• the "noir" Western (i.e., Pursued (1947)) 
• the "contemporary" Western (i.e., Hud (1963)) 
• the "revisionistic" Western (i.e., Little Big Man (1970), Dances With Wolves (1990)) 
• the "comedy" Western (i.e., Cat Ballou (1965), Blazing saddles  (1974)
• the "post-apocalyptic" Western (i.e., Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981-2), The Postman (1997))
• the "science-fiction" or "space" Western (i.e., Outland (1981)) 

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2. Hollywood Film Genres What are they?Film genre (def’n): Films can be classified into categories according to the codes, conventions and narrative conventions used to construct them. These categories are known as film genres.Your local DVD store has separate sections for different genres of films, however within these genres you can often find sub-genres or blends of genres.The chart on the next page shows some of the Hollywood film genres, subgenres and blended genres.