Western y compromiso: en los confines del western

• Autores: Antonio Santamarina Alcón
• Localización: Nosferatu: Revista de cine, ISSN 1131-9372, Nº. 31, 1999 (Ejemplar dedicado a: King Vidor), págs. 70-77
• Idioma: español
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  • After situating the five King Vidor Westerns in the context of the genre´s evolution and in the history of the United States, the author takes a brief look at each of them, highlighting the filmmaker´s personal contribution to each. He then goes on to analyse the underlying conflict on which these films are based, looking at some of the fundamental archetypal characteristics of Vidor´s heroes. Lastly, the author draws on the civilisation vs. barbarity debate that runs through a good part of the narrative in these works, to unveil some of the key issues connected to the filmmaker´s personal view of the political development of his country and of Westerns themselves.