Browsing Screenwriting, 1940-1970 Uncoupling Movies from Novels, Plays, Poems & Stories by Subject "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Motion picture)"
By evidence and common consent, great 'western' movies are mythical encompassing a Weltanschauung that has engaged viewers within diverse cultures for over a century. Questions recur, however. What makes them so? and why have they proven so enticing to male viewers in particular? Within this essay I and Barbara Hehner address those questions, attending to the design of HIGH NOON as exemplary.