- #THE ETERNAL FRONTIER BY LOUIS L'AMOUR STORY MOVIE#
- #THE ETERNAL FRONTIER BY LOUIS L'AMOUR STORY PLUS#
The next paragraph is devoted to both the debit side and the plus side of this movie. „His (Wayne’s) passion to teach this history lesson results in a good deal of high-minded speechifying that periodically grinds the film to a halt“. Emphasizing Wayne’s strong impact on the film - „Wayne produced, starred and directed the film and oversaw every aspect of its production“- he implies that there was a purpose and possibly even a message which Wayne wanted to deliver.
#THE ETERNAL FRONTIER BY LOUIS L'AMOUR STORY MOVIE#
In his critique of John Wayne’s „The Alamo“ (1960), movie critic Frank Thompson at first focuses on the director’s role in a cinematic piece. New insight about the recipience and interpretation of the western myth made me rewrite this paper specifically for a course on the American West. Thanks to the excellent facilities and up to date media access of Moody Memorial Library on Baylor University campus I am apt to say that all relevant publications about this movie have been elaborated in my work. Jeff BassĪt Baylor University, Texas, USA. This paper is a revised and extended version of an earlier one presented to Prof. Following that, the story of the movie will be recaptured, analyzed, and thereby, finally, interpreted. In this paper I want to illuminate the intellectual and cultural web that is worked into and created around the Hollywood-made motion picture „Thelma & Louise“.įollowing a rather broad attempt I want to give a comprehensive overview over all the printed reactions and reviews of this piece of discourse beginning with a few „traditional Westerns“ and a piece of generic criticism by a young female American film critic. Only by looking at individual examples of western myth at work can we find ways to appoach the myth itself and its consequences.
The number of definitions of what is meant by „the West“ is close to the number of references made to it - in numerous fields. The scientific community widely agrees that no region on earth shaped as many contemporary myths as the American West. Index of Utilized Literature Introduction
Chapter II: The Echo of „Thelma and Louise“ in Contemporary American Press and Film LiteratureĬhapter III: The Story of „Thelma and Louise“