A Western is so much more than deserts, horses and sad cowboys. At its heart, a Western is a story about a new frontier, about an outsider in a new land, and about the battle between the willfulness of man and the indifference of nature. Sweeping vistas, stories of good versus evil, and explorations of new frontiers and untameable lands will always be magnetic and engaging cinematic elements, which accounts for part of the reason the Western genre is so enduring.
Australia's most iconic and enduring film franchise embodies the Western by way of the outback. Despite being the second film in the franchise, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior is the movie that put Mad Max on the map. Much of the Australian outback remains uninhabited, and as such, feels like a new frontier more hostile and inhospitable than any other.
8 'Kill Bill Vol. 2' Directed by Quentin Tarantino After waking from a coma and enacting violent revenge on some of the people who put her there, The Bride continues her quest and plans to cross off the final few names on her list. As she tracks down her former friends, now turned bitter enemies, she reflects on the choices that led to her brush with death and the grueling martial arts training she received as a young assassin.
Nope explores the Western in both of its forms. The Haywood ranch functions as an earnest and rugged representation of the frontier spirit; a spirit which requires land to be tamed, horses to be broken in and enemies to be deterred. Conversely, Jupe's business capitalizes on the romanticized obsession with the Old West, in the same way that Jupe capitalizes on his fame and trauma as a child star.
5 'There Will Be Blood' Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson At the turn of the century, Daniel Plainview is searching for wealth. He finds silver in New Mexico and several years later he strikes oil in California. When an oil worker is killed in an accident, Daniel adopts the man's orphaned son, and the boy becomes a key part of Daniel's ruthless and never-ending search for oil and the money that comes with it.
3 'Blue Ruin' Directed by Jeremy Saulnier Close Dwight has fallen on hard times, and he is living out of his car when he gets a shocking piece of news. Dwight learns that the man who murdered his parents 20 years earlier is getting out of prison. Without much to lose, Dwight decides that he is going to get revenge and kill the man who took so much from him. However, things don't quite go to plan.
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