Tag Archives: Clint Eastwood

obamarama: once upon a time in the west

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Dave

Barack Obama and the slogan for 2012: “Go Forward” well defined theme that captures the leftist messianism that seems so misguided, corrupted and dysfunctional. A messianic pursuit of secular divinity and backed by trashy rags like the New York Times, … Continue reading →

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thrill of the chase: make their day

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Dave

The premise that links sport hunting to sexism, to predation on women and linking it to animals is essentially not off base, although the implications are much broader, encompassing a more comprehensive portrait of eroticism as weaponry and deeper fetishes … Continue reading →

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gunsmoke and the mythological west

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Dave

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) James Arness (1923-2011). It’s funny how a man who starred in something that aired before I was born, was a staple on television through my childhood and early teen years—and … Continue reading →

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war games: virtual hero

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Dave

What me worry? The country is safe. The anarchist threat has been rebuffed. The virtual vigilantes ensure that the sun will always rise on America. …”The latest ‘Call of Duty” video game set a first-day sales record  of over $400million … Continue reading →

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conan quirks: storytelling as fabric of self-definition

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Dave

Frazetta, the Conan quirks, self-image and psychology… Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) Frank Frazetta died recently. There were so many tributes to the man that I got a little burned out reading about him. Honestly, I have to say I didn’t … Continue reading →

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PESSIMISM AT THE OK CORRAL

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Dave

Do we blow up the ranch and burn the town or just take it over and run it into the ground? There has been a tendency in the discipline of film studies to treat the Western as ideological and, hence, … Continue reading →

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HORSE OPERA: TIME TO CIRCLE THE WAGONS?

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Dave

“With the stakes raised so high, the heroes of such dramas are indeed often superheroic, near divinities. One man can outduel five others in a shoot-out (as in the Achilles and Patroclus ending of Unforgiven [dir. Clint Eastwood, 1992] or the final gunfight … Continue reading →

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GUNSMOKE BONANZA: BALLOT BOX AT HIGH NOON

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Dave

What are westerns all about? As the gunsmoke clears from the main streets of those frontier towns, there is always a persistent political theme. … Where is the best place to hide a leaf? asked G. K. Chesterton’s fictional detective, … Continue reading →

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