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The western was not yet dead in 1976 when four high-profile installments were released to varying degrees of success. Four years later, of course, Michael Cimino’s “Heaven’s Gate” would kill the genre for several years (and United Artists for longer), and though it has seen ups and downs in the years since, for the most […]
1976: the last hurrah of the American western
Posted by John Foote · 10:14 am · July 17th, 2009
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Robert Duvall: the screen’s greatest, ignored too often
Posted by John Foote · 5:18 pm · July 27th, 2008
“There are two greats in America right now. The first is Brando, whose best work is behind him, and the other is Robert Duvall.” Legendary acting guru Sanford Meisner said those words in the 1960s. He trained Robert Duvall at the Nieghborhood Playhouse in the late 1950s and early 1960s before the actor’s screen debut […]
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The western keeps on truckin’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 12:27 am · June 19th, 2008
It’s no real secret that yours truly is in the tank for the western genre. Being brought up on the films of Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood tends to make an impact in a young man’s life. I watch Charles Bronson square off with Henry Fonda on a daily basis. I’m knee-deep in research on […]
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