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Revisionist Western

The revisionist Western is a sub-genre of the Western fiction. Called a post-classical variation of the traditional Western or simply 'postwestern', the revisionist subverts the myth and romance of the traditional by means of character development and realism to present a less simplistic view of life in the "Old West". While the traditional Western…

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Spaghetti Westerns

Counterculture

1901–50

1951–55

1956–60

1961–70

Later films

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Revisionist Western

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Triples56
Avg. degree1.99
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Revisionist Western

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related to Development · 19
Revisionist Western → Al Hoxie, AllMovie, AllMovie's, Bradbury, Fred Thomson, Jesse James, John Wayne, Lloyd Ingraham, McGowan, Opinion, Robert, The, The Outlaw, The Outlaw/Gunfighter, The Ox-Bow Incident, The Road Agent, Western, Westerns, Westward Ho
related to Concept · 6
Revisionist Western → Civilizing, In, Native American, Native Americans, The, Western
related to List of revisionist Western films · 5
Revisionist Western → By, Indian Western, It, This, Western
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Revisionist Western → sub-genre of the Western fiction

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Revisionist Westernis asub-genre of the Western fiction0.90text
Westward Hoinstance ofDevelopmentOpinion is divided on the origin of the revisionist or psychological Western but it is generally agreed that there were hints of a darker perspective in some films of…0.80text
Burt Lancasterinstance ofthe Native American hero or heroine is played by brownface whites0.80text
Jean Peters in Apacheinstance ofthe Native American hero or heroine is played by brownface whites0.80text
Sitting Bullinstance ofand the film inspired goodwill to other Native American chiefs0.80text
Crazy Horseinstance ofand the film inspired goodwill to other Native American chiefs0.80text
Geronimoinstance ofand the film inspired goodwill to other Native American chiefs0.80text
Sam Peckinpahinstance ofmany directors of the New Hollywood generation0.80text
George Roy Hillinstance ofmany directors of the New Hollywood generation0.80text
and Robert Altman focused on the Westerninstance ofmany directors of the New Hollywood generation0.80text
each produced their own classics in the genreinstance ofmany directors of the New Hollywood generation0.80text
including Peckinpah's The Wild Bunchinstance ofmany directors of the New Hollywood generation0.80text

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