Saturday, June 10, 2006

Western Watchers

On the Film 'Propostion':

Used to watch westerns back in the day, that somebody can learn from Peckinpah and Ford and generate new interest in otherwise ordinary stories is good. I may be past the interest stage of seeing gun toting vengeful actors searching for a good gunfight but am always there when it comes to decent plot. Adding the Australian outback adds some mystique too and helps me to further recover from ever wanting to be be remided of moral sub-texts behind gunslingers for hire shooting indians. Morality was expedient back then but there is nothing wrong with presenting issues where survival is paramount and morality is just a notion.