The Western

Australia, 1994

TV show
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Episode number 4 of Series “American cinema”.
The Western is an American myth that has been translated by other cultures and re-interpreted time and time again but never dies. With film clips and critical commentary on Westerns, from John Ford’s “Stagecoach” to the work of Arthur Penn, Sam Peckinpah and Clint Eastwood, the program traces the aesthetic evolution of the genre as well as its sociological importance.

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Credits

co-producer

Lesley Karsten

Sasha Alpert

director

Sasha Alpert

production company

BBC

KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)

New York Center for Visual History

Duration

00:55:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1994

Appears in

American cinema

Group of items

American cinema

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

307203

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - History

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - United States - History

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Television

Television → Television series

Television → Television series → Television series - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White and Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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