... accuracy to real events, although Fraser spends ample time acknowledging dozens of other minor films which, in their own right, met the strict standards he uses to measure the quality of a motion picture. The sixth and most lengthy chapter of this compilation, New World, Old West, delves into the Western and other American movies set before 1900. Fraser discusses Hollywood's lopsided figures when he compares ... , a large portion of this chapter points out strong Western movies like How the West Was Won, Shane, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The final chapter of Fraser's book ta...

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... creates these shadows by using unconventional lighting techniques. He seems to be using light and shade to make the viewers feel like they're looking at a picture. During most of the movie, Orson Welles uses the dissolving technique to switch from scene to scene. This makes the movie flow because he is using transitions to get from one point to another. Another interesting thing I ... saw was that throughout the movie, the whole cast ages. I don't know if I've ever seen a movie where the entire cast ages. I find ... has given him up. In the film's final shots - a reversal of the film's b...

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