When I think western, I think TX with the dust and the wide shot scenes,etc...
There's usually a horse or 2 and it can be set in the modern day or the past.
Also, certain language that gets used is part of western films to. So I'd say that even if this isn't what you might call "classic western", it still has the same feel as one and thus, it counts as one.
Check out the interview with John Carpenter when he did, "Ghosts of Mars." He comes right out and says that it is indeed a western, set in the future and on another planet. So there you have it. I think the essence of a "western" is really more an attitude, a state of mind and approach to life than a bunch of guys in cowboy hats riding horses across the desert and shooting at bad guys. A "western" simply does not have to be that cliche.
hahah I like his comment about how people consider any movie setting with horse's instead of car's makes people think its a "western"....I mean really most of human history has involved men on horse's its kinda silly to classify an entire stretch of human history as a "western".
It's a lame question. It's like the person didn't see the movie. Clint Eastwood got grief for Hang 'Em High. John Wayne called him and said, you know that's not how it was in the old west. Eastwood said the story could have been told in ANY setting just like No Country.
@vsop333 i think john wayne called him for high plains drifter but u might be right im not sure.i always thought "traditional western" meant the word spaghetti wasnt in front of it but who knows.if the genius of the coens dont know i dont feel bad about not knowing
It's possibly a modern Western of sorts. The Indian "problem" (which is usually the menace in traditional Westerns) is replaced with border issues - and who the "hero" is is much less clear.
Was thinking of the older westerns in that reply...Clint Eastwood westerns aren't the only westerns, but I can see your point there. If you're only thinking of Clint Eastwood westerns, my comment doesn't make sense.
I think a Western would have to be set somewhere in the west and deal with certain aspects of human nature which include greed and violence without meaning.
@NGS712 I think the coen brothers were just trying to say that it isnt in the western genre but if you wanted to compare them on a philosophical level they are similar as is every movie about crime and the way in inflicts its nature on everyday people. and there are thousands of movies about that but not all are considered westerns. for instance this movie could have taken place in PA and no one would even mention the word "western"
Joel Coen is right that Westerns don't have people driving cars in them. But that is also true of other film genres that take place before the invention of the car.
I would tend to think that the Western is defined more by is archetypes; The Road Warrior and Star Wars are basically Westerns in many ways. But, that's just me.
Actually Star Wars - I personally think - was influenced more by the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. But he was influnced by John Ford and his westerns so, I guess things like that will always come full circle.
@futurestoryteller Being influenced does not being ripping somebody off...obviosly everyones gotta start from somewhere...and that somewhere wont come down from the sky...u have to look at things that influence u..i come from india..and know that we make a lot o garbage in the name of movies...but thr have been a few in between that have been great but again have been inspired by these legends u mentioned...eg the great movie sholay was our western..
@futurestoryteller While I grant that this comment is probably true in the main, I think that you underestimate the western's influence. The character of Han Solo obviously echoes the classical cowboy archetype, and the thrust of the Vader plot in the original trilogy Lucas admits was lifted from the Ethan Edwards arc from The Searchers. More generally speaking any story that deals with the inconquerable freedom of the individual set against a harsh unforgiving world with its sharp corners
@futurestoryteller not yet made round by the law or the stabilizing conventions of civilizations can be called a Western, whether or not that story takes place west of the Mississippi in the decades immediately following the American Civil War.
@joegibbskins I think you overestimate the importance of explaining this to me. I was simply pointing out that given Lucas' admitted influence, claims that fans have made (that he refuses to) the Jedi's choice of weaponry and indeed their very name is derived from (Japan or) the work of Kurosawa. And there are many more. I did not say Star Wars had no 'Western' elements, I said it was 'more of' a Samurai film. Or influenced more greatly by that single director, he even stole his 'screen wipes'.
This is a great movie. But everyone in all these interviews seems so tired, so burned out, like they all just wanna go back to their hotel rooms, order room service and crash on the bed! You can sense the total publicity burn out among the cast and filmmakers here! Still, the movie rocks.
true, really cool answers...and i can def see them being tired...they prob didnt even realize HOW HUGE this movie would turn out to be...seriously THIS..and There Will be Blood are praised as the BEST MOVIES BY FAR of 2007. and i can easily see why this is considered..
but i do love Josh Brolin's comment on Bardem's hair in the other part of this interview.
Jeez, Ethan is a twitchy kinda guy. I don't blame him for twitching or anything, just saying is all. Joel twitches a bit too, come to think of it. They're a twitchy kinda pair, those two. I don't mean anything by it. I'm just speculating on a hypothesis.
ifc needs to redo their intro and outro cuts, please.
randallmckay 2 months ago
When I think western, I think TX with the dust and the wide shot scenes,etc...
There's usually a horse or 2 and it can be set in the modern day or the past.
Also, certain language that gets used is part of western films to. So I'd say that even if this isn't what you might call "classic western", it still has the same feel as one and thus, it counts as one.
MsSlashgirl 1 year ago
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MsSlashgirl 1 year ago
Check out the interview with John Carpenter when he did, "Ghosts of Mars." He comes right out and says that it is indeed a western, set in the future and on another planet. So there you have it. I think the essence of a "western" is really more an attitude, a state of mind and approach to life than a bunch of guys in cowboy hats riding horses across the desert and shooting at bad guys. A "western" simply does not have to be that cliche.
superhornet69 1 year ago
hahah I like his comment about how people consider any movie setting with horse's instead of car's makes people think its a "western"....I mean really most of human history has involved men on horse's its kinda silly to classify an entire stretch of human history as a "western".
boomshuka 1 year ago
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abajeeba 1 year ago
It's a lame question. It's like the person didn't see the movie. Clint Eastwood got grief for Hang 'Em High. John Wayne called him and said, you know that's not how it was in the old west. Eastwood said the story could have been told in ANY setting just like No Country.
vsop333 1 year ago
@vsop333 i think john wayne called him for high plains drifter but u might be right im not sure.i always thought "traditional western" meant the word spaghetti wasnt in front of it but who knows.if the genius of the coens dont know i dont feel bad about not knowing
MrJonesywales 1 year ago
You know what a western is. Everyone does.
dangerfeild4Life 2 years ago
@dangerfeild4Life what is a western then?
CT2507 2 years ago
Bottery is right.
TheIncredibleFrank 2 years ago
The Coen brothers rock, they don't even know that the stuff they do is awesome, they just do it.
Bottery 2 years ago
in my opinion this movie is a pretty strict Film Noir set in the west..not unlike Blood Simple or Red Rock West.
aicfan85 2 years ago
Buddy, when you are thirty years older, you won't kick ass either.
gdmadix 2 years ago 2
Now he's old and his still a great actor but he dosn't kick ass anymore like he did in the fugitive
workless93 3 years ago
@workless93 he kicks ass on a mature level now. when u get older u will understand.
CT2507 2 years ago
Two-Face Harvey Dent
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nosc 3 years ago
Tommy Lee... I'm on Wallace Creek Road... and I'm comin' for ya... and Hell's comin' with ME.... bitch!
agBRPag 3 years ago
It's possibly a modern Western of sorts. The Indian "problem" (which is usually the menace in traditional Westerns) is replaced with border issues - and who the "hero" is is much less clear.
elizicw 3 years ago
Indian problem? There weren't even any indians in the majority of Clint Eastwood's westerns.
ChudFapper 3 years ago
Was thinking of the older westerns in that reply...Clint Eastwood westerns aren't the only westerns, but I can see your point there. If you're only thinking of Clint Eastwood westerns, my comment doesn't make sense.
elizicw 3 years ago
I think a Western would have to be set somewhere in the west and deal with certain aspects of human nature which include greed and violence without meaning.
NGS712 4 years ago 6
@NGS712 I think the coen brothers were just trying to say that it isnt in the western genre but if you wanted to compare them on a philosophical level they are similar as is every movie about crime and the way in inflicts its nature on everyday people. and there are thousands of movies about that but not all are considered westerns. for instance this movie could have taken place in PA and no one would even mention the word "western"
th3unconscious1988 1 year ago
Did TLJ have a mild heart attack at the end of this clip??? Great movie!!
radioguy86 4 years ago
I think it was too many Boston Baked Beans!
xman4un 4 years ago 3
Hahahaha! Nice.
Phatheading 4 years ago
Joel Coen is right that Westerns don't have people driving cars in them. But that is also true of other film genres that take place before the invention of the car.
wayne763 4 years ago
I would tend to think that the Western is defined more by is archetypes; The Road Warrior and Star Wars are basically Westerns in many ways. But, that's just me.
hanshotfirst1138 4 years ago 2
Actually Star Wars - I personally think - was influenced more by the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. But he was influnced by John Ford and his westerns so, I guess things like that will always come full circle.
futurestoryteller 4 years ago 8
@futurestoryteller Being influenced does not being ripping somebody off...obviosly everyones gotta start from somewhere...and that somewhere wont come down from the sky...u have to look at things that influence u..i come from india..and know that we make a lot o garbage in the name of movies...but thr have been a few in between that have been great but again have been inspired by these legends u mentioned...eg the great movie sholay was our western..
majesticmaniac 1 year ago
@futurestoryteller While I grant that this comment is probably true in the main, I think that you underestimate the western's influence. The character of Han Solo obviously echoes the classical cowboy archetype, and the thrust of the Vader plot in the original trilogy Lucas admits was lifted from the Ethan Edwards arc from The Searchers. More generally speaking any story that deals with the inconquerable freedom of the individual set against a harsh unforgiving world with its sharp corners
joegibbskins 1 year ago
@futurestoryteller not yet made round by the law or the stabilizing conventions of civilizations can be called a Western, whether or not that story takes place west of the Mississippi in the decades immediately following the American Civil War.
joegibbskins 1 year ago
@joegibbskins I think you overestimate the importance of explaining this to me. I was simply pointing out that given Lucas' admitted influence, claims that fans have made (that he refuses to) the Jedi's choice of weaponry and indeed their very name is derived from (Japan or) the work of Kurosawa. And there are many more. I did not say Star Wars had no 'Western' elements, I said it was 'more of' a Samurai film. Or influenced more greatly by that single director, he even stole his 'screen wipes'.
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Luckychibikain 4 years ago
This is a great movie. But everyone in all these interviews seems so tired, so burned out, like they all just wanna go back to their hotel rooms, order room service and crash on the bed! You can sense the total publicity burn out among the cast and filmmakers here! Still, the movie rocks.
Satchel334 4 years ago
Huh, maybe, but at least they all have fairly thoughtful, interesting answers.
elleoneiram 4 years ago
true, really cool answers...and i can def see them being tired...they prob didnt even realize HOW HUGE this movie would turn out to be...seriously THIS..and There Will be Blood are praised as the BEST MOVIES BY FAR of 2007. and i can easily see why this is considered..
but i do love Josh Brolin's comment on Bardem's hair in the other part of this interview.
mhaze210 4 years ago
Jeez, Ethan is a twitchy kinda guy. I don't blame him for twitching or anything, just saying is all. Joel twitches a bit too, come to think of it. They're a twitchy kinda pair, those two. I don't mean anything by it. I'm just speculating on a hypothesis.
Talk about dumb questions though. Jeez.
tlaloc44 4 years ago
So what's the rumpus? It's as plain as the nose on your face. Ethan is twitchy, but his heart is in the right place.
trailergeek420 4 years ago
As far as I know, and what I don't know in this town doesn't mean much, the Coen Bro's rock.
PunkChick35 4 years ago 3