Friday Forgotten Film: The Master Gunfighter
“All history is part fact, part fiction, and mostly interpretation.” Many are well aware of the interconnection the American Western and Japanese Jidaigeki films have, the latter more commonly…
“All history is part fact, part fiction, and mostly interpretation.” Many are well aware of the interconnection the American Western and Japanese Jidaigeki films have, the latter more commonly…
Name someone who defined the gangster on film — and way, way before Coppola or Scorsese. Who would also go on to shape the screwball comedy, too. Might as well throw in the dark of film noir into the mix. Plus, take on that other Hollywood staple, the Western, challenging John Ford’s domain. And use John Wayne perhaps even more effectively. The answer would be one Howard Winchester Hawks (by the way, John Carpenter’s favorite director).
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