Westerns were all the range from the 50s through the 90s. Then "Unforgiven" came and gunned most of them down for a decade or more. What happened? If you clicked on this article to read, then you must love Westerns, or at least like them. Unless you're some two-bit varmint up to no good. But that's on you. With the Deadwood movie coming back, Westworld dominating HBO, and classic genre entries like Bone Tomahawk finding audiences online, it's hard to imagine a time when the Western wasn't incredibly popular. But did one movie kill it? Or was it a combination of things? Today we're going to talk about Unforgiven, give a brief history of the film, and look at how its release relatively killed off Westerns for a decade or more. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 24 May, 2019