Hi Iris: High Noon would be a good place to start. The original, of course,
not the remake.
Sue
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From: Iris Laner [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 11:55 AM
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Subject: "i am the law" hero in western
dear all,
i'm wirting an article on western movies and the phenomenon of the setting
of the outstanding individual in there. matter of discourse is the
extraordinary positioning of the hero (sheriff-to-be as the "good law"
or/and bandit as the "bad law") with regards to his facility to gain and
keep this hierarchy (which might be some kind of dictatorship).
what makes this extraordinary figure claim "i am the law" and how can this
be accepted by the environmental society? is there some special kind of
rhetoric the hero uses in order to convince the others? is there an example
of sophism in the genre of western? in following up this matter i have to
rely on clichés, of course as the whole genre turns out to be a cliché
itself.
so maybe, someone of you knows what movie might be a good paradigm, or -
what would be even more helpful for me - what literature deals with this
problems in the broader field of the western or other relevant genre(s).
thanks a lot - i appreciate this mailing list and its members very much, as
a competent source in the field of filmtheory and its critical discussion.
best,
iris
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