Wild West Movies: Or How the West Was Found Won Lost Lied About Filmed and Forgotten

About this book

From his acclaimed study of horror films "Nightmare Movies" Kim Newman turns his attention to the western. Against the backdrop of American history popular mythology and the development of the cinema the book examines the main themes and tensions of the genre. With reference to thousands of films and hundreds of directors and actors Newman brings his entertaining wide-ranging and authoritative approach to bear on one of the cinemas most popular genres - with illuminating results.