How do I into westerns Sup Forums?
what are the essentials?
I've downloaded the following
>Fistful of Dollars
>Few Dollars More
>Good the Bad and the Ugly
>Unforgiven
>Tombstone
I've also seen Bone Tomahawk but I wouldn't really consider it a western I guess
aside from that I'm new to the genre
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The Searchers
+the rest of John Ford's westerns
Once upon a time in America
Rio Bravo for sure. God tier western.
I meant in Once upon a time in the West kek
Wasn't thinking
As a side note, you should watch Yojimbo after watching Fistful of Dollars. Its the Japanese samurai movie that Fistful as adapted from, and it establishes most of the tropes common in contemporary westerns the wandering anti-hero with vague morals and detailed wide-shots
Paint your wagon. If only for Lee Marvin singing. Legend.
Leone sucks, watch Corbucci and Fulci westerns instead. The Great Silence and 4 of the Apocalypse rock
Tack on:
Outlaw Josey Whales
Pale Rider
I always post this and I'm always ignored, but this is pretty good
Start with The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
If you like it and you decide you want to watch more westerns, watch The Searchers.
If you liked TGTBATU more, watch other Leone films, then move on to Corbucci, Sollima, etc.
If you liked The Searchers, watch other John Ford films, then move on to Howard Hawks, etc.
If you liked both, just watch whatever.
Dollar's Trilogy is essential and TGTBaTU is not just a GOAT Western, it's a GOAT film.
Tombstone really isn't great, it's a decent action movie but extremely corny. It's a western for an audience that has never seen westerns
What are some "regular" westerns? Almost every acclaimed western has anti-heroes, deconstruction and so on.
All the pretty Horses
The Searchers, Stagecoach, Rio Bravo, The Magnificent Seven(original), 3:10 To Yuma(original).
Thanks
skip the magnificent
watch seven samurai or the man who shot liberty valance instead
even adios sabata is better
if you want your yul brynner fix
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a must-see.
>tfw still no response
Watch the staples that have been mentioned (surprised no one has mentioned The Wild Bunch). If you can't get into John Ford's filmography, you might as well stop. Everything after him is basically a reaction to Ford. I particularly like anything Anthony Mann and Peckinpah have done.
This should get more discussion, really.
That's a funny way to write For a Few Dollar's More.
What westerns would someone recommend for someone who liked the dollars tilogy and Once upon a time in the west but didn't like True Grit (OG).
what did you like and dislike about those movies
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spaghetti westerns
Young Guns 1 and 2
I liked the style and pacing more in the Leone films. I found TG to be fairly slow and boring.
Once Upon a Time in the West is my favorite.
I haven't seen that many westerns, but from what I've seen, it's very much style over substance.
>style over substance
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Do you actually understand that article you posted?
>Classic Western
Stagecoach
Red River
The Searchers
The Big Country
Shane
The Horse Soldiers
Rio Bravo
Fort Apache
Hondo
True Grit
How the West Was Won
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
She Wore A Yellow River
High Noon
Vera Cruz
Winchester '73
They Died with their Boots On
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Ox-Bow Incident
>Spaghetti Westerns
Dollars Trilogy
Once Upon A Time in the West
Il Grande Silenzio (The Great Silence)
Sabata
Bullet for a General
A fistful of dynamite (duck you sucker!)
Day of Anger
Cemetery Without Crosses
Face to Face
Tepepa
The Big Gundown
Campaneros
Navajo Joe
Django (1966)
Django Kill...if you live shoot
Dearth Rides a Horse
Requiescant
Run Man Run
Four of the Apocalypse
Minnesota Clay
The Mercenary
If You Meet Sartana Pray for you Death
>Post Spaghetti
Hang 'em High
Pale Rider
High Plains Drifter
The Wild Bunch
Little Big Man
The Outlaw Josey Wales
A Town Called Hell
Unforgiven
El Topo
The White Buffalo
Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia (Not a true western but it's close enough)
Jeremiah Johnson
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Heaven's Gate (your mileage may vary)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
The Shootist
The Shooting
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
I enjoy the rifleman if you're willing to watch a series.
read the box
OP here, thank you all
Shane
Literally one of the greatest films of all time
>She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
watch El Dorado instead
>Tepepa
>Bullet for a General
watch Duck, you sucker instead
>High Plains Drifter
watch Two Mules for Sister Sara or Open Range instead
Is the searchers supposed to be the western with the best cinematography? People go wild about 1 of the westerns specifically for its shots, i thought its the searchers but not sure, can anyone specify?
you're welcome
yes
...you're free to add to the list but I'm not in favor of removing any.
That being said:
>can't believe I forgot El Dorado
>I already noted Duck You Sucker!
>High Plains Drifter is a haunting revenge movie and it's far better than the Tow Mules or Open Range
to bee honest
i watched the first hour of high plains drifter and simply didn't do it for me... too similar to other westerns... i am going to watch the rest tho
fort apache is the best out the cavalry trilogy
tepepa and bullet for a general genuinely suck
both as entertaining movies and as zapata westerns, watch cut throats nine/my name is nobody instead
Absolutely loved Day of Anger. Criminally underrated.
Anything before the 60s. Sergio Leone/Akira Kurosawa basically changed the entire genre.
My Name Is Nobody is the greatest thing ever t b h, even better than Leones
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After TGBU your very next viewing should be "Cowboys vs Aliens".