... and the Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Sam Peckinpah's The wild Bunch was released in 1969 and with the appearance of this film, many people argue that the genre reached something of an end. Moving from heroic tale in the 1930's and 1940's, to the introduction of psychological complexity in the 1950's ... a lower status and living on the fringe of society. This is further evidence that we are in the baroque stage of the genre. Another sign that the film has entered the baroque stage is that the gunfighters have moved from just satisfying their survival needs to satisfying their emoti...

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Made in 1959 and released in 1960 The Magnificent Seven marks the end of the traditional style of the Western genre. It is a Good Samaritan story with a difference, and it is clear to see the change in certain existing preconceptions within the film that contrast so greatly with those of it's predecessors amongst the traditional western. The initial perceptions of Mexicans within The ... Calvera is transcended into a real person with true motivations, and with reasons that are deeper than portraying a direct personification of evil'. However, although the film makes a bold attempt to adopt a ...

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