"The western is the only genre," writes André Bazin, "whose origins are almost identical with those of the cinema itself."
The Western:
From B - Z
The Western:
From B - Z
$15 / €13 · 236 PAGES
TO RETURN TO THE WESTERN TODAY IS NOT TO NOSTALGICALLY WISH FOR THE RESURRECTION OF AN OBSOLESCENT GENRE, FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF EMPTY TOWNS, OVERGROWN TRAILS, AND ABANDONED TRACKS. THEY SHOULD REMAIN AS RUINS. SO OFTEN, THE HERO OF THE WESTERN LOOKS UPON THESE ARTIFACTS OF 'CIVILIZATION' WITH UNEASE BEFORE RIDING OUT, DESTINED TO REMAIN A WANDERER PASSING THROUGH SO MANY FLIMSY SETS, MATTE PAINTINGS, AND REAR-PROJECTED SKIES.
THE ESSAYS INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUE BEGIN WHERE OUR HERO LEFT OFF, DRIFTING THROUGH THE SEEMINGLY ENDLESS LANDSCAPES THAT WERE ONCE THE DOMAIN OF THE B WESTERN, READING ITS RELICS TO DIVINE WHAT CINEMA WAS AND MIGHT STILL BECOME.
FEATURING WRITING ON BUDD BOETTICHER, ANDRÉ DE TOTH, ALLAN DWAN, EDGAR G. ULMER, JOHN WAYNE AND MORE...
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TO RETURN TO THE WESTERN TODAY IS NOT TO NOSTALGICALLY WISH FOR THE RESURRECTION OF AN OBSOLESCENT GENRE, FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF EMPTY TOWNS, OVERGROWN TRAILS, AND ABANDONED TRACKS. THEY SHOULD REMAIN AS RUINS. SO OFTEN, THE HERO OF THE WESTERN LOOKS UPON THESE ARTIFACTS OF 'CIVILIZATION' WITH UNEASE BEFORE RIDING OUT, DESTINED TO REMAIN A WANDERER PASSING THROUGH SO MANY FLIMSY SETS, MATTE PAINTINGS, AND REAR-PROJECTED SKIES.
THE ESSAYS INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUE BEGIN WHERE OUR HERO LEFT OFF, DRIFTING THROUGH THE SEEMINGLY ENDLESS LANDSCAPES THAT WERE ONCE THE DOMAIN OF THE B WESTERN, READING ITS RELICS TO DIVINE WHAT CINEMA WAS AND MIGHT STILL BECOME.
FEATURING WRITING ON BUDD BOETTICHER, ANDRÉ DE TOTH, ALLAN DWAN, EDGAR G. ULMER, JOHN WAYNE AND MORE...
$15 / €13
236 PAGES
17.5CM × 11CM
Empty Towns
Issue Editorial
I
Galloping tintypes
Oscar Pedersen
Ode to R.G. Springsteen
John Winn
Empty saddles at the old corral
Michael Blair
II
The ashes of Inceville
Adam Piron
Wayne's contrapposto
Carlos Valladares
Get it into the can
Hunter Koch
Missing the film for the trees
Avalyn Wu
III
Fall and rise of westerns
Julia Lin
'Blood on the Moon'
Joshua Harold Wiebe
Joseph Kane's wonderland
Dennis Delrogh
Several Achilles' heels
João Bénard da Costa
IV
The grand route of the western; or, The Far West revistited (1954-1959)
Jean-Louis Rieupeyrout
The sadism of gravity
Carson Welch
'Fury at Showdown'
Liam Kenny
V
The western and its double
Tâm Minh Pham
Deliberate accidents
Bruno Andrade
'The Naked Dawn'
Jerry Johnson
VI
The art of repetition
Kristoffer Grønbæk
Common geometries
Fran Kursztejn
Blocked horizons
Jean-Claude Biette
Chamber variations
Matt Hare
VII
The optimistic tragedies of Allan Dwan
Jacques Lourcelles
An abundant lineage
Jacques Lourcelles
VIII
Anthony Mann and the American landscape
John Winn
White rock, red western
Olivia Crough
Briefly stranded
Andrew Reichel
Ends of the line
Genevieve Yue
IX
A thick cloud of dust
Makeda Doyal
Sylvio Lanna's holy family
Matheus Felix