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- Title
The Western through a Monocle: Fritz Lang's Examination of Western Mythology.
- Authors
Roberts, Justin J.
- Abstract
In his Westerns The Return of Frank James (1940), Western Union (1941), and Rancho Notorious (1952), director Fritz Lang interrogated Western genre tropes. By examining the theatricality of Westerns, the presentation of Native Americans in Westerns, and the frames used by Western storytellers, Lang questioned the nature of Hollywood Westerns. Later filmmakers, particularly Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood, have shown their debt to Lang's films by alluding to them in their own films.
- Subjects
LANG, Fritz, 1890-1976; MYTHOLOGY; WESTERN films; NATIVE Americans; RANCHES
- Publication
JCMS: Journal of Cinema & Media Studies, 2023, Vol 63, Issue 1, p80
- ISSN
2578-4900
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/cj.2023.a910939