Скачать или смотреть How The West Was Done - Western Genre Documentary Short Film

Dating back to the advent of cinema itself, throughout periods of Hollywood history the Western genre was known to be one of the most popular and financially reliable film and television genres of its time, with an estimated quarter to a third of all films being westerns at certain times. So as a genre with such a rich and successful history, in the wake of the box office disappointment of The Lone Ranger (2013), I ask the all important question: where is the western today?!

Allison Perlman is an Assistant Professor of History and Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Irvine. She specialises in several areas, including the history of the Western genre in film and television.

David Startup is a student filmmaker from the United Kingdom. He has worked on several projects for several different organisations over the last few years, with experience in the production, direction and editing processes of filmmaking.

This is a student film production and was not designed for any commercial purposes. All film and audio clips are intellectual property of their individual copyright holders, and have been credited as such.