Western Films

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This paper analyzes the two films and discusses their significance in the genre of Western films. Today, the classic Western is a film out of style, but these two films live on as classics, generally because they deviate from the traditional Western model. They portray the characters three dimensionally, and the violence as real and devastating. The underlying theme and message is that violence is unnecessary and useless, and it can ruin the lives of those who use it.

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""Shane" does not rely on elaborate sets and costuming to get its message across to viewers. One reviewer called the sets "spartan" and the language of the film "laconic." The characters of this film make it the classic it has become. From the opening scene, when Shane rides down into a valley with a massive chain of mountains behind him, the viewer understands his character is larger than life, and it is right that he came down from the "mountaintops" to save the struggling family in the valley."

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