We celebrate the advent of episode 3 by delving into one of American cinema’s most persistent (and, arguably, pernicious) genres: the Western. We’ll certainly revisit the auteur-oater during future episodes, but for now, Gareth and Dave content themselves with sketching out their respective positions vis-a-vis the genre in the broadest possible terms.
The resultant discussion is equal parts biographical and historiographical, with a dash of aesthetic appraisal in the bargain. We round up a whole bunch of cine-dogies here, but some of the more prominent items include John Ford’s Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Howard Hawks’ Rio Bravo, Fred Zinnemann’s High Noon, Ray Enright’s Kansas Raiders (starring now-neglected figure Audie Murphy), Gene Autry’s “Cowboy Code” of conduct and the Star Trek episode “Spectre of the Gun”.
Gareth also delivers a great deal of information about Tucson (Arizona) and environs, while Dave expounds, rather pointlessly, upon his abiding hatred of this man:
That’s it for now!
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Intro Song: “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” (Gene Pitney)
Outro Song: “Sioux City Sue” (Gene Autry)
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