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They Still Make Westerns, Don't They?
Vulture ^ | October 1, 2021 | Bilge Ebiri

Posted on 10/01/2021 1:55:40 PM PDT by sphinx

It’s a nauseatingly evocative moment, both because of the way director Potsy Ponciroli’s camera isolates the actor, and because Tim Blake Nelson conveys, through his defeated posture and anxious movements, the stone that is slowly forming in his stomach. Earlier, when he first came upon the money and the man, Henry had quietly ridden away from them, unwilling to get involved, only to change his mind. Now, again without a word of dialogue, he tells us that he knows that the valley below and the hills beyond will soon fill up with the shadows of other men looking for the cash.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: movies; oldhenry; westerns
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thanks. Added to my watchlist.


41 posted on 10/01/2021 4:04:22 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: sphinx

Bad Day at Black Rock…….from 1955……..wonderful.

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42 posted on 10/01/2021 4:05:43 PM PDT by Mears (.)
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To: sphinx

Cry Macho is a hot mess. Don’t waste your time


43 posted on 10/01/2021 4:06:27 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: sphinx

To be honest the only stuff i can recall close is wild wild west reboot, and cowboys and aliens. The dances with wolves costner vehicle...

They dont do westerns as we clasicly know them, anymore.


44 posted on 10/01/2021 4:11:46 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

That’s partly what intrigued me about Old Henry. It looks about as old fashioned as a 2021 movie can be. Yes, it’s a familiar, perhaps hackneyed plot that we’ve seen before: don’t underestimate the funny looking quiet guy. But it looks well done.


45 posted on 10/01/2021 4:15:58 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: sphinx

Can’t think of many recent ones, but Kelly’s Heroes is among my favorites.


46 posted on 10/01/2021 4:18:36 PM PDT by Obadiah (Truth is treason in an empire of lies.)
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To: Bernard Marx

seemed an excellent set of morality plays about the life in the west.


47 posted on 10/01/2021 4:22:06 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: sphinx

I hope you like it. It was a Netflix recommendation for me. Nothing bombastic, more cerebral, and understated.


48 posted on 10/01/2021 4:26:05 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“I believe the best social program is a job” ~ Ronald Reagan)
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To: Kartographer
Homo Erotica/Leather thrash like the remake of ‘3:10 to Yuma’

I think you saw a different 3:10 to Yuma remake than I did.

49 posted on 10/01/2021 4:30:21 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: sphinx
Tombstone used to be my favorite until Open Range came along. That movie emphasizes the free spirit of America. I always thought Unforgiven was over-rated, except for the end.

Eastwood's non-western movie, GRAN Torino, was his best. He wrote the screenplay, produced, directed, and starred in it. It works on so many levels. "Get off my lawn".

50 posted on 10/01/2021 4:34:04 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: sphinx

If the “Grit” channel broadcasts in your area they play only westerns and they are from all eras.


51 posted on 10/01/2021 4:35:16 PM PDT by howlinhound (Live your life so that, when you get up in the morning, Satan says, "Oh Crap!..He's awake" - Unknown)
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To: sphinx

They Call Me Trinity


52 posted on 10/01/2021 4:36:07 PM PDT by Bloodandgravy (Defund politicians)
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To: sphinx

A couple I recently watched streaming.

“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” - Short Story Westerns
“Savages” - Christian Bale
“In a Valley of Violence” - Ethan Hawke
“Hateful Eight” - Kurt Russel
“The Ridiculous Six.” - Terry Crews
“Hell On Wheels” Colm Meaney
“Bone Tomahawk” - Kurt Russel

Oh Yeah. @*(&$ Hollywood


53 posted on 10/01/2021 4:41:56 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Jeff Chandler
If I was eve faced with a dangerous, demoralizing task with a minuscule probability of success … and I needed to complete that task to save the future of my family and country … and I could pick one movie character to help me through the ordeal … it would be the Christian Bale character in “3:10 to Yuma.”

That combination of grit, determination, and simple humility could accomplish more than a dozen Jedi Masters.

54 posted on 10/01/2021 5:02:09 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest, ‘til a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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To: sphinx

I haven’t followed what is new from Hollywood since I stopped reading newspapers. Plus, generally there isn’t much of interest. I like westerns, though. Thanks for the tips.


55 posted on 10/01/2021 5:08:32 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: justme4now

Not too bad.


56 posted on 10/01/2021 5:09:09 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: sphinx
LOL. Very good!

“Who gave you the black eye?”

“No one gave it to me, son. I fought for it.”

57 posted on 10/01/2021 5:14:21 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest, ‘til a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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To: sphinx

TMC has stopped showing John Wayne movies.


58 posted on 10/01/2021 5:25:50 PM PDT by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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To: bdfromlv

Agree. The last one was a little scary, wasn’t it? You never know who your fellow stagecoach passenger is...


59 posted on 10/01/2021 6:05:44 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: devane617

Did TCM make any announcement? Films roll from one service to another pretty regularly. As of right now, the TCM site shows They Were Expendable, Flying Leathernecks, Stagecoach, and The Green Berets. That’s only four John Wayne movies and only one western, but John Wayne has not been completely purged. I assume the other films migrated elsewhere.


60 posted on 10/01/2021 6:28:48 PM PDT by sphinx
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