The Western introduces the novice to the pleasures and the meanings of the Western film; shares the excitement of the genre with the fan; addresses the suspicions of the cynic and develops the knowledge of the student. The Western is about the changing times of the Western; and about how it has been understood in film criticism. Until the 1980s; more Westerns were made than any other type of film. For fifty of those years; the genre was central to Hollywoods popularity and profitability. The Western explores the reasons for its success and its latter-day decline among film-makers and audiences alike. Part I charts the history of the Western film and its role in film studies. Part II traces the origins of the Western in nineteenth-century America; and in its literary; theatrical and visual imagining. This sets the scene to explore the many evolving forms in successive chapters on early silent Westerns; the series Western; the epic; the romance; the dystopian; the elegiac and; finally; the revisionist Western. The Western concludes with an extensive bibliography; filmography and select further reading.Over 200 Westerns are discussed; among them close accounts of classics such as Duel in the Sun; The Wild Bunch and Unforgiven; formative titles like John Fords epic The Iron Horse; and early cowboy star William S. Harts The Silent One together with less familiar titles that deserve wider recognition; including Comanche Station; Pursued and Ulzanas Raid.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Amazing book; but misled by yet againBy RadicalDreamerAs an owner of Dream Theaters first keyboard anthology; this book had a high reputation to live up to. As far as the book itself goes; Jordan seems to have gone above and beyond for us. Contained within this tome are some of the songs I was disappointed not to see in the first book (longtime fans will likely squeal with delight when they see "Space Dye Vest" is finally transcribed here!); and each song is preceded by an exercise concocted by Jordan himself; focusing on a particular technique used in the song in question. I have only skimmed these so far; but they look like they will help greatly in mastering these signature dream theater keyboard styles. Couple this with what so far look to be spot-on arrangements; and no sections with only snippets of songs (as they did with the "six degrees" tracks on the first book); this book can be highly recommended to anyone looking to master a challenging piano piece.So; why four stars? The first issue is totally personal preference; so dont let it deter you: Im not personally a fan of "The Ministry of Lost Souls" (to explain quickly: while both the softer parts and the proggy bridge are individually nice to listen to; I feel that the bridge unnecessarily breaks up what was otherwise a fun ballad; while the bridge could have easily found a home in a more proggy song); and think that its position in the book could have been taken by a much more awesome DT song (Id really like a tab for "Strange Deja Vu"; "Trial of Tears"; or ideally "Hells Kitchen"). This is completely personal preference; as I said; and I know many people do enjoy Ministry. No biggie.The second problem is also not with the book itself; but with . Like their mixup in the description for DTs "Full Score Anthology"; they have once again gotten the track list wrong for this book. To my extreme disappointment; "Lines in the Sand" is not actually in this book at all. This is one of my absolute favorite songs; with one of my absolute favorite keyboard parts (along with the HK intro); it is one of the main reasons I snatched this book up the minute I found it online; and I was very sad to see it not included in the book. I can only hope that another keyboard book will be put out (Ill keep buying them!) that will tackle this amazing song; and hopefully the other songs I suggested earlier will be included as well.So thats it! If you love Dream Theater; love piano; and arent afraid to work very hard to perfect these songs; you cant go wrong with this purchase. Keep buying them so Jordan keeps publishing new ones; please!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Everything great;except for one thingBy Longview3000Some of my favorite songs liter this book and I really enjoy; I really enjoy practicing to this book; and Im learning how to improv in this book mostly for the reason in the Mid-Section in "Home"Anyways; to get this out of the way; I gave it four-stars; not because of the book; nothing wrong with the book; but for the description of this book on this website. "Lines in the Sand" is definitely one of my Top 5 Favorite songs and even though the description claims to have this song in the book; the book itself claims to not have it.This book is definitely a great buy and I totally recommend it to ANYONE!!!!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excelent!By Mauricio DelgadoVery thick and usefull music book
