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Introduction to Film – Ideology and Classic Hollywood Cinema
By all accounts, a pretty dynamite Western. <PERSON> features all the hallmarks I love about the genre – the stunning American vistas, the mysterious first-act who's whos, the buildups to gunfire, even the fake, dubbed instrument-playing – but takes considerable measures towards being a progressive genre film even if they're baby steps. Female characters are still either objects, damsels in distress or just extremely irritating one-note villains. But at least <PERSON> strong central performance sells the character of Vienna as one with more agency than your average Western dame, and the evil <PERSON> is one motivated by her own agendas and beliefs – all of which feel like revolutionary ideas in an otherwise formulaic, yet exciting and fast-paced, genre picture. 378