He showed the same director with the same actor and same location and how each time he could change the film to show the character in a different light each time.
'She Wore a yellow ribbon' (1949) Showed the character as a warm hearted solider who is the good guy. To a misfit in 'The Searchers' (1956) that had his whole family killed by native Americans. Initially you think that the character is right and is a good person for avenging his family, but as the film progresses it slowly becomes apparent that he isn't a good person at all, becoming one of the scariest characters in the film. From shooting out the eyes of a dead Native to make sure he can't go into the after life. To then chasing after his niece, but the way he goes about it you think that he will kill her when he catches up.
All of this diverts the expectations of the film, painting the character as someone who could have just reasons of avenging his family but goes about it in a evil way.
It's in this genre where they explored a lot of the darker themes of the western genre, with most of them consisting of greed and revenge, and this is explored by showing 'The Naked Spur' (1953) and how a character instead of saving someone, goes out of their way to pull out a dead body from the river to turn the body in for money to re-buy his land.
It was also in this time that they really started to delve deep into their characters, putting them at the front of the stage instead of the action. This in my opinion is a lot more interesting as it creates a profile for the character so the audience can understand them and then poses questions in the audience's mind such as what can the character do or think, and hopefully answer that question from the characters profile.
Thinking to a modern day version of the Western genre at the film 'The magnificent Seven' (2016) Chris Pratt's character 'Josh Faraday' is a mischievous character, preferring to scam or charm his way out of a situation. Knowing this, from what I would expect from that character is someone who would cheat his way around a poker table to earn himself a lump some of money before getting himself into trouble.
Personally I enjoy the Western genre of films as it was a time of exploring what the frontier had to explore with it's romantic and very gruesome stories. But I'm also not sure if there's much more that can be done with the genre other then reboots of films. But I could see a similar genre open up exploring settling on planets in a sci-fi western film which I think could be something that will be explored in the future, especially now that we as people are looking more and more into space and what it can hold.
All of this diverts the expectations of the film, painting the character as someone who could have just reasons of avenging his family but goes about it in a evil way.
It's in this genre where they explored a lot of the darker themes of the western genre, with most of them consisting of greed and revenge, and this is explored by showing 'The Naked Spur' (1953) and how a character instead of saving someone, goes out of their way to pull out a dead body from the river to turn the body in for money to re-buy his land.
It was also in this time that they really started to delve deep into their characters, putting them at the front of the stage instead of the action. This in my opinion is a lot more interesting as it creates a profile for the character so the audience can understand them and then poses questions in the audience's mind such as what can the character do or think, and hopefully answer that question from the characters profile.
Thinking to a modern day version of the Western genre at the film 'The magnificent Seven' (2016) Chris Pratt's character 'Josh Faraday' is a mischievous character, preferring to scam or charm his way out of a situation. Knowing this, from what I would expect from that character is someone who would cheat his way around a poker table to earn himself a lump some of money before getting himself into trouble.
Personally I enjoy the Western genre of films as it was a time of exploring what the frontier had to explore with it's romantic and very gruesome stories. But I'm also not sure if there's much more that can be done with the genre other then reboots of films. But I could see a similar genre open up exploring settling on planets in a sci-fi western film which I think could be something that will be explored in the future, especially now that we as people are looking more and more into space and what it can hold.
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