The "old age crisis" of the old cowboy

Adalberto 2022-03-23 09:01:10

The atypical characters in the typical model are essentially the story of the weak (the hero of the twilight) arousing the inner potential to punish the evil and promote the good. The difference lies in the fact that this film is applied to the westerns that are being shot by fewer and fewer people. The reshaping of this "ancient memory" and the role of the most symbolic western genre film itself makes it look unique and give it new meaning. But in the post-modern era where the genre film model has collapsed, this kind of creation can hardly be said to be "anti", nor can it be said to be innovative. Superheroes are still rampant now, and the theme of the era of genre movies is changing. That is, the change from a typical hero to a typical grassroots hero to a typical weak. The values ​​represented are to complete the spiritual sustenance in the struggle against the outside; to complete the dream sustenance of growth in the struggle against the external; and to pass through the reality when the reality is broken and the dream collapses. Inner confrontation to resolve external conflicts is a process of awakening, representing the inner fighting lion of every middle-aged crisis elderly crisis person. This film belongs to the third type, which echoes the theme of the times.

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  • English Bob: Well, Sir, again I don't wish to give offense when I suggest that this country should select a, uh, king or even a queen instead of a president. One isn't that quick to shoot a king or a queen. The majesty of royalty, you see.

    Joe: Well, maybe you don't wish to give offense, Sir, but you are giving it pretty thick. This country don't need no queens whatsoever, I reckon. As a matter of fact what I heard about queens-...

  • [about the two cowboys who cut Delilah's face]

    Strawberry Alice: You mean you ain't even gonna whip 'em?

    Little Bill Daggett: Well, I fined 'em instead, Alice.

    Strawberry Alice: [furious] After what they done? Skinny gets some ponies and that's it? That ain't fair, Little Bill. That ain't fair!

    Little Bill Daggett: Haven't you seen enough blood for one night? Hell, Alice, it's not like they was tramps, or loafers, or bad men. Just two hard-working boys that was foolish. If they was given over to wickedness in a regular way...