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- noun Plural form of
western .
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In those early movies Curtis worked in westerns, easterns, Arthurians, war movies, sports flicks and other unmemorable genre pieces.
Tony Curtis, 1925-2010 Philip French 2010
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I have absolutely no interest in westerns as a genre.
Quentin Tarantino Sued Over Kill Bill, May Make Doc About Harvey Weinstein | /Film 2010
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The problem with westerns is that they are to slow for modern ardencies.
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I do like “Shall We Gather at the River,” which I mostly know from cowboy movies (it seems to be the funeral song of choice in westerns).
J’aime/Je n’aime pas : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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It would be hard to exaggerate how generally unattracted I am to the idea of 'westerns' - and I've enjoyed this book over and over.
Because fried potatoes go with everything. Roger Sutton 2007
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They even acknowledge a theme that’s rarely addressed in westerns yet present in all of them; the cyclic nature of violence and how one act of killing, even when it’s justified, spirals out of control and devours everyone in its path.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2006
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Oddly enough, I didn't see The Magnificent Seven until my younger son was interested in westerns.
kateelliott: 2008 Film Reviews: Not Such a Good Week, That Was kateelliott 2009
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I can name westerns that fall into each of my ten genre categories.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview: A Conversation with Blake Snyder, Part 2 2008
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It is both of the genre and about the genre, a rare feat, and so masterfully drawn by a man who spent so much of his career in westerns.
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In fact, it seems more like a hodgepodge of elements from many westerns, which is exactly what The New Yorker's Pauline Kael liked about it.
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