I couldn't be happier to have this as a consistent series to look forward to weekly. I'm sure it's taken a herculean effort to put together, so thanks in advance for all of the episodes that are yet to come!
Same, I've just added Navajo Joe, Chato's Land, Ride Lonesome, Bend of the River, Death Rides a Horse and Rossatron's really sold me on Man of The West to check out later.
I love your analysis of Man of the West! The classic Westerns of Anthony Mann, Budd Boetticher, John Ford, and Howard Hawks are what got me invested in cinema as a whole. Your series is definitely going to bring some new fans of the genre! I'm looking forward to the rest.
I can't even explain to you how happy this video made me. This series is very exciting. That analysis of Man Of The West was perfect and that movie is a masterpiece.
When I was in my third year of studying animation at University (back in 2018) I showed my tutor your channel. Your vast knowledge and how you break down compositions in action cinema was so valuable to me when I was storyboarding and creating shots for my student films. Glad to have you back!
Loved the whole video, but I want to give special mention to the part near the start, about humanizing the death of antagonists. In most modern action cinema, we glamorize violence. And I love that! I LOVE seeing the protagonists mow down hundreds of faceless goons in all sorts of entertaining ways! But - this loses on a lot of potential drama. Having the bad guys be like real people, with their own mental anguish and physical pain, is such a strong tool for telling a serious and deep story, and I wish we got more of that.
What I love most about old films, is that the writing and acting tended to feel more serious. And many times, it felt as if you were watching a play on stage, rather than a film on screen. That depth made you feel more like the fly, and less like the fourth wall. Edit: I think what helped, was the higher cost of film production. Meaning you had less chances to get it right. So, you rather do your best, to save money.
This may be the best video essay I've ever seen. Not just on the Western genre, but in general. What would take others hours upon hours to say, you manage to do so in 27. As perhaps the biggest fan of the Western genre alive today, (I've seen literally thousands of Westerns. I've kept track), I thank you.
I didn't realize how much I missed this but I missed this. I so enjoyed this, can't wait to see you delve into Kurosawa. And on a completely unrelated note; bras in the 50s were weird.
It's good to have you back Rossatron. And yes, Akira Kurosawa and John Ford provided the blueprint what was soon to be the action genre. That is the spectacle and wonder about the films of days past; they were larger than life and told these personal stories about redemption, atonement, and the duality of man. The western is primarily every filmmaker's stepping stone in understanding the core assessments of how a well-constructed film works and that was the secret to many of these classics in being so damn entertaining. Welcome back!
One of the best well thought out videos. So much to enjoy about great movies. Let’s thank god for the great actors that made you feel. Thank you. Will watch more than once.
Without this genre existing, I prolly would've never fallen in love with cinema to begin with, thank you Ross, very insightful stuff here, lot of gems I never even heard of here that I'm dying to check out now.
This is what really drew me about Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The first half of the movie is almost a classic adventure film, there is a long tension followed by brief violence, and then the second half of the film is almost a Shakespearian breakdown of the impact of violence on both its survivors and its perpetrators.
I've never been a huge western fan but you convinced me to add a bunch of stuff to my list. Also, to anyone else seeking out any of these movies, Tubi is your best friend.
I do love Peckenpah. Nothing touches Wild Bunch for me, and through time, I came to realise the side that I fell on when I was young; the chat between Dutch and Pike, I've moved since then, with wisdom. Pat Garret is elevated by the music. I may now need to consider my top twenty westerns, I do love them so.
stunning narration and editing, your scene break down of man of the the west was so good, being a big fan of westerns to see your angle on them was refreshing and well done, will be checking out seven samurai, cheers
You simply have to love Westerns. PS: I think it's a nice coincidence that the lettering on the end card is the same as that used by my favourite film critic Wolfgang M. Schmitt.
Great video. I should probably watch more pre-spaghetti western. I'd argue though that pre-code gangster movies were already very good at portraying the impact of death in action sequences.
At some point, I suppose the 1980s, action movies got stereotyped as "dumb." And to be sure there are some dumb ones. But I appreciate looking at this genre and making note of how in fact many of them are (or at least were) thoughtful and deliberate, not big and dumb.
I still think it’s the death of Elisha Cook in Shane (as featured in the video) the year before Vera Cruz that really kicked off the increased violence of the western
3 years ago I bit off more than I could stomach. the list was written like this: chronologically Watched: Rio Bravo (1959) ------------------------------- - Howard Hawks Stagecoach (1939)------------------------------ - John Ford Red River (1948)-------------------------------- - Howard Hawks The Grand Duel (1972) (Spagetti Western) --------------------------------------------------------- Giancarlo Santi Fort Apache (1948)----------------------------- - John Ford She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)---------------- - John Ford 3 Godfathers (1948)---------------------------- - John Ford Rio Grande (1950)----------------------------- - John Ford Hondo (1953)---------------------------------- - John Ford The Searchers (1956)--------------------------- - John Ford The Horse Soldiers (1959)--------------------- - John Ford The Comancheros (1961) -----------------------------------------------Michael Curtiz The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)-------- - John Ford How the West Was Won (1962)-------------------- - John Ford / ----------------Henry Hathaway McLintock! (1963)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew V. McLaglen A Fistful of Dollars(1964) ------- Sergio Leone The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)------------------------------------------------ Henry Hathaway For a Few Dollars More (1965) ---- Sergio Leone El Dorado (1966)--------------------------------- - Howard Hawks The Good, the Bad and the Ugly('66)Sergio Leone The War Wagon (1967)--------------------------------------------------------------------Burt Kennedy Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)-Sergio Leone Watching: True Grit (1969)--------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Hathaway Yet to watch: Chisum (1970)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Andrew V. McLaglen Rio Lobo (1970)----------------------------------- - Howard Hawks Big Jake (1971)------------------------------------------------------------------------------George Sherman A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) ------ Sergio Leone The Cowboys (1972)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mark Rydell The Train Robbers (1973)-----------------------------------------------------------------Burt Kennedy Rooster Cogburn (1975)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Stuart Millar The Shootist (1976)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Don Siegel * See Director -- John Sturges * and Don Siegel * Also: My Darling Clementine (1946) Winchester'73 (1950) The Gunfighter (1950) High Noon (1952) Shane (1953) The Naked Spur (1953) Johnny Guitar (1954) Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) 3:10 to Yuma (1957) Forty Guns (1957) The Magnificent Seven (1960) One Eyed Jacks (1961) Ride the High Country (1962) Minnesota Clay (1964) A Pistol for Ringo (1965) The Return of Ringo (1965) Ringo and His Golden Pistol (1965) Adios gringo (1965) Blood for a Silver Dollar (1965) The Big Gundown (1966) Django (1966) Navajo Joe (1966) The Ugly Ones (1966) The Man from Nowhere / Arizona Colt (1966) Fort Yuma Gold (1966) Viva Django (1967) Hombre (1967) The Dirty Outlaws (1967) Day of Anger (1967) Death Rides a Horse (1967) The Hellbenders (1967) God Forgives, I Don't (1967) Wanted (1967) Requiescant / Kill And Pray (1967) Viva Django (1968) Tepepa (1968) The Great Silence (1968) The Mercenary (1968) The Dirty Outlaws (1968) Machine Gun Killers (1968) If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968) Ace High (1968) A Gunfighter Sent by God (1968) This Man Can't Die (1968) The Undefeated (1969) Tepepa (1969) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Boot Hill (1969) The Five Man Army (1969) El Topo (1970) Companeros (1970) They Call Me Trinity (1970) The Deserter (1970-1971) Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead (1971) McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971) Trinity Is Still My Name | All the Way Trinity (1971) Red Sun (1971) Two Sons of Trinity (1972) Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado (1972) Trinity and Sartana Are Coming (1972) Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) His Colt, Himself, His Revenge (1973) Chino (1973) Four of the Apocalypse (1975) Dances with wolfs (1990) Unforgiven (1991) Tombstone (1993) Sons of Trinity (1995)
That is a good list. Some very good movies missing from it are Rio Bravo, Garden of evil, High plains drifter and The outlaw Josey Wales. I'm sure some more greats are missing but these are the main ones off the top of my head
@@patanouketgersiflet9486 "Some very good movies missing from it are Rio Bravo" - Are You Sure About That ? (it's the first one that I saw). Yeah, it's not a perfect list, I wanted to go and parse them by country, but it was time consuming just to wiki-dive.
I couldn't be happier to have this as a consistent series to look forward to weekly. I'm sure it's taken a herculean effort to put together, so thanks in advance for all of the episodes that are yet to come!
Best video you've ever done. By far.
Yet
I was born in 98 but I was raised with western movies, it made me appreciate cinema more.
Every episode I walk away with a stack of films to check out. Thanks for that.
Same, I've just added Navajo Joe, Chato's Land, Ride Lonesome, Bend of the River, Death Rides a Horse and Rossatron's really sold me on Man of The West to check out later.
@@thetalentof Totally. The Ranown films have a Criterion box set, so I'm definitely going to snag them during the next sale.
I love your analysis of Man of the West! The classic Westerns of Anthony Mann, Budd Boetticher, John Ford, and Howard Hawks are what got me invested in cinema as a whole. Your series is definitely going to bring some new fans of the genre! I'm looking forward to the rest.
I can't even explain to you how happy this video made me. This series is very exciting. That analysis of Man Of The West was perfect and that movie is a masterpiece.
When I was in my third year of studying animation at University (back in 2018) I showed my tutor your channel. Your vast knowledge and how you break down compositions in action cinema was so valuable to me when I was storyboarding and creating shots for my student films. Glad to have you back!
Loved the whole video, but I want to give special mention to the part near the start, about humanizing the death of antagonists.
In most modern action cinema, we glamorize violence.
And I love that!
I LOVE seeing the protagonists mow down hundreds of faceless goons in all sorts of entertaining ways!
But - this loses on a lot of potential drama.
Having the bad guys be like real people, with their own mental anguish and physical pain, is such a strong tool for telling a serious and deep story, and I wish we got more of that.
What I love most about old films, is that the writing and acting tended to feel more serious.
And many times, it felt as if you were watching a play on stage, rather than a film on screen.
That depth made you feel more like the fly, and less like the fourth wall.
Edit: I think what helped, was the higher cost of film production.
Meaning you had less chances to get it right. So, you rather do your best, to save money.
This may be the best video essay I've ever seen. Not just on the Western genre, but in general. What would take others hours upon hours to say, you manage to do so in 27. As perhaps the biggest fan of the Western genre alive today, (I've seen literally thousands of Westerns. I've kept track), I thank you.
Absolutely loved this video. Thank you, and welcome back!
i paused for a full minute, processing that there was a new ROSSATRON video in my feed!!!!!!!
I didn't realize how much I missed this but I missed this. I so enjoyed this, can't wait to see you delve into Kurosawa.
And on a completely unrelated note; bras in the 50s were weird.
It's good to have you back Rossatron.
And yes, Akira Kurosawa and John Ford provided the blueprint what was soon to be the action genre.
That is the spectacle and wonder about the films of days past; they were larger than life and told these personal stories about redemption, atonement, and the duality of man.
The western is primarily every filmmaker's stepping stone in understanding the core assessments of how a well-constructed film works and that was the secret to many of these classics in being so damn entertaining. Welcome back!
One of the best videos I've seen, as far as analyzing and deconstructing the Western genre, is concerned.
Well done, man !!!
One of the best well thought out videos. So much to enjoy about great movies. Let’s thank god for the great actors that made you feel. Thank you. Will watch more than once.
Nice to see you back :)
my GOAT is back, glad to see your insights again
Congrats Ross !! Very informative essay and great video. Looking forward for more !!
You're doing INCREDIBLE work. Keep it up.
Great vid. I used to watch a lot of those westerns that you featured here. So many memories. They don't make 'em like they used to.
Hell yeah, great stuff! Glad you have you back
Absolutely a masterpiece of a video essay
Without this genre existing, I prolly would've never fallen in love with cinema to begin with, thank you Ross, very insightful stuff here, lot of gems I never even heard of here that I'm dying to check out now.
Subscribed! Looking forward to more of the series. I love westerns!
ANOTHER ROSS UPLOAD, ANOTHER BANGER
This is what really drew me about Treasure of the Sierra Madre. The first half of the movie is almost a classic adventure film, there is a long tension followed by brief violence, and then the second half of the film is almost a Shakespearian breakdown of the impact of violence on both its survivors and its perpetrators.
I've never been a huge western fan but you convinced me to add a bunch of stuff to my list. Also, to anyone else seeking out any of these movies, Tubi is your best friend.
Wow! I thought you disappeared man! Glad to see this great series continues 🎉
It's been a week already?!?!?!
Awesome video 🦾
Looking forward to more 🥳
Really enjoying this series of videos. Good to have you back, sir.
I do love Peckenpah. Nothing touches Wild Bunch for me, and through time, I came to realise the side that I fell on when I was young; the chat between Dutch and Pike, I've moved since then, with wisdom.
Pat Garret is elevated by the music.
I may now need to consider my top twenty westerns, I do love them so.
Good to have you back, Ross
Great video and series!
I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. Incredible resource that should be studied! 👏
Glad you are back! Amazong job! Thanks man
Really informative essay. From which film is the hanging scene of the woman taken? I am looking forward to the Akira Kurosawa video
Cat Ballou, my first western!
@@Rossatron I saw it yesterday. It was an amazing film. Thanks for making me aware of it.
stunning narration and editing, your scene break down of man of the the west was so good, being a big fan of westerns to see your angle on them was refreshing and well done, will be checking out seven samurai, cheers
You simply have to love Westerns.
PS: I think it's a nice coincidence that the lettering on the end card is the same as that used by my favourite film critic Wolfgang M. Schmitt.
Top Notch work keep up the good work ❤
And the master is back!
Loving this series!
Holy cow you're alive!
The best exclamation points of modern times is Unforgiven and Open Range for me.
Great video. I should probably watch more pre-spaghetti western. I'd argue though that pre-code gangster movies were already very good at portraying the impact of death in action sequences.
THANK YOU!
Thank you.
Pointless comment for your algorithm. I love your work.
At some point, I suppose the 1980s, action movies got stereotyped as "dumb." And to be sure there are some dumb ones. But I appreciate looking at this genre and making note of how in fact many of them are (or at least were) thoughtful and deliberate, not big and dumb.
great series, 8:07 I always cringe at the "remastered" sound effects, god awful compared to the mono track.
another banger
Vera Cruz (1954) started that More Violent western way before it's time!
I still think it’s the death of Elisha Cook in Shane (as featured in the video) the year before Vera Cruz that really kicked off the increased violence of the western
Nice work. Are you going to mention "Shane" as some point? Or did I miss it?
Shane is feature fairly prominently a couple of times
Just curious, have you seen Old Henry?
Yee haw pardner
3 years ago I bit off more than I could stomach.
the list was written like this:
chronologically Watched:
Rio Bravo (1959) ------------------------------- - Howard Hawks
Stagecoach (1939)------------------------------ - John Ford
Red River (1948)-------------------------------- - Howard Hawks
The Grand Duel (1972) (Spagetti Western) --------------------------------------------------------- Giancarlo Santi
Fort Apache (1948)----------------------------- - John Ford
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)---------------- - John Ford
3 Godfathers (1948)---------------------------- - John Ford
Rio Grande (1950)----------------------------- - John Ford
Hondo (1953)---------------------------------- - John Ford
The Searchers (1956)--------------------------- - John Ford
The Horse Soldiers (1959)--------------------- - John Ford
The Comancheros (1961) -----------------------------------------------Michael Curtiz
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)-------- - John Ford
How the West Was Won (1962)-------------------- - John Ford / ----------------Henry Hathaway
McLintock! (1963)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew V. McLaglen
A Fistful of Dollars(1964) ------- Sergio Leone
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)------------------------------------------------ Henry Hathaway
For a Few Dollars More (1965) ---- Sergio Leone
El Dorado (1966)--------------------------------- - Howard Hawks
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly('66)Sergio Leone
The War Wagon (1967)--------------------------------------------------------------------Burt Kennedy
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)-Sergio Leone
Watching:
True Grit (1969)--------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Hathaway
Yet to watch:
Chisum (1970)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Andrew V. McLaglen
Rio Lobo (1970)----------------------------------- - Howard Hawks
Big Jake (1971)------------------------------------------------------------------------------George Sherman
A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) ------ Sergio Leone
The Cowboys (1972)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mark Rydell
The Train Robbers (1973)-----------------------------------------------------------------Burt Kennedy
Rooster Cogburn (1975)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Stuart Millar
The Shootist (1976)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Don Siegel *
See Director -- John Sturges * and Don Siegel *
Also:
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Winchester'73 (1950)
The Gunfighter (1950)
High Noon (1952)
Shane (1953)
The Naked Spur (1953)
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
Forty Guns (1957)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
One Eyed Jacks (1961)
Ride the High Country (1962)
Minnesota Clay (1964)
A Pistol for Ringo (1965)
The Return of Ringo (1965)
Ringo and His Golden Pistol (1965)
Adios gringo (1965)
Blood for a Silver Dollar (1965)
The Big Gundown (1966)
Django (1966)
Navajo Joe (1966)
The Ugly Ones (1966)
The Man from Nowhere / Arizona Colt (1966)
Fort Yuma Gold (1966)
Viva Django (1967)
Hombre (1967)
The Dirty Outlaws (1967)
Day of Anger (1967)
Death Rides a Horse (1967)
The Hellbenders (1967)
God Forgives, I Don't (1967)
Wanted (1967)
Requiescant / Kill And Pray (1967)
Viva Django (1968)
Tepepa (1968)
The Great Silence (1968)
The Mercenary (1968)
The Dirty Outlaws (1968)
Machine Gun Killers (1968)
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968)
Ace High (1968)
A Gunfighter Sent by God (1968)
This Man Can't Die (1968)
The Undefeated (1969)
Tepepa (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Boot Hill (1969)
The Five Man Army (1969)
El Topo (1970)
Companeros (1970)
They Call Me Trinity (1970)
The Deserter (1970-1971)
Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead (1971)
McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971)
Trinity Is Still My Name | All the Way Trinity (1971)
Red Sun (1971)
Two Sons of Trinity (1972)
Go Away! Trinity Has Arrived in Eldorado (1972)
Trinity and Sartana Are Coming (1972)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
His Colt, Himself, His Revenge (1973)
Chino (1973)
Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
Dances with wolfs (1990)
Unforgiven (1991)
Tombstone (1993)
Sons of Trinity (1995)
That is a good list. Some very good movies missing from it are Rio Bravo, Garden of evil, High plains drifter and The outlaw Josey Wales. I'm sure some more greats are missing but these are the main ones off the top of my head
@@patanouketgersiflet9486 "Some very good movies missing from it are Rio Bravo" - Are You Sure About That ? (it's the first one that I saw).
Yeah, it's not a perfect list, I wanted to go and parse them by country, but it was time consuming just to wiki-dive.
@@patanouketgersiflet9486 "High plains drifter and The outlaw Josey Wales" those 2 I got later after I postponed watching Western movies.