The Western

The Searchers
Released in 1956.
Directed by John Ford.
Staring: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, and Ward Bond.
Based on ‘The Searchers’ written by Alan Le May.
Screenplay written by Alan Le May
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Budget: 3.75 million
Box Office: 9.8 million
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Released in 1969
Directed by George Roy Hill
Staring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katherine Ross
Written by William Goldman
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Budget: $6,825,000
Box Office: ~$102,308,889

Both movies, "The Searchers" and "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid," are in the western genre.  however, both movies are very different.  John Ford and John Wayne have worked together for several movies, they all have a common landscaped theme.  Very open, in the dessert is what they are associated with.  The Searchers was made during a time of racism.  This is shown in the movie.  Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid have more of a buddy system feel to the movie.  In this film, the buddy system helps to release some of the tension of the situation.  The movies are also filmed differently. The Searchers has a lot of wide shots to see the landscape, but in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid they have more close-ups, and more jump cuts and cuts on action to make the movie have more action.
Chapter six of our text-"Looking At Movies"- talks about cinematography, which is how to capture the images on film.  Using light, writing and motion, the director can shape the film to which they see fit.  different types of lighting can be used to set the tone of a scene.  The use of different lens when shooting a production can also help shape the movie.  In The Searchers a zoom lens helps to see the amount of space that the characters are in. You can feel the openness of the space and the distance the characters must travel, which also helps set the timeline.  Camera angle helps to illuminate characters. In Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid they use low angle view showing their superiority as robbers.
A theory that can be used for both movies can relate to representation.  In both movies, the characters represent a certain meaning.  Though Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are the bad guys, they represent a simplistic lifestyle without conforming to the approaching new frontier. 
Bosley Crowther of the New York Times says: "It starts with the tardy homecoming of a lean Texan from the Civil War and leaps right into a massacre by Commanches and the abduction of two white girls."  This is the perfect western.  John Wayne is the face for western genre. 
"...apparently it was a misguided attempt to copy 'Bonnie and Clyde.' But the ending doesn't belong on 'Butch Cassidy,' and we don't believe it, and we walk out of the theater wondering what happened to that great movie we were seeing until an hour ago,"(Ebert).  I can't fully agree with Roger Ebert's dislike of the film, but I will agree that the ending just didn't seem to fit with the movie.
I enjoyed both movies, John Wayne will always hold the role in western films, but I liked the quicker pace of Butch Cassidu and the Sundance kid.

Crowther, Bosley. "The Searchers." Rev. of Film. The New York Times 31 May 1956: n. pag. Print.

 
Ebert, Roger. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid :: Rogerebert.com :: Reviews." Chicago Sun Times (1969): n. pag. RSS. Web. 21 Dec. 2012.

 IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 20 Dec. 2012.

CHECKLIST FOR PLAGIARISM

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Name Charlotte Azaceta Date November 29, 2012


Editing Checklist

1. (√) An introductory paragraph clearly introduces the subject. The topic statement is evident within the paragraph. The position taken is clear. If the position is unclear, put a question mark in the margin.

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