100 Westerns

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title 100 Westerns
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Edward Buscombe
SeriesScreen Guides
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:264
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 155
Category/GenreFilm theory and criticism
ISBN/Barcode 9781844571123
ClassificationsDewey:791.436278
Audience
General
Illustrations 264 p.

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint BFI Publishing
Publication Date 21 April 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Addresses the perennial appeal of the Western, exploring its 19th century popular culture, and its relationship to the economic structure of Hollywood. This work considers the defining features of the Western and traces its main cycles, from the epic Westerns of the 1920s and singing cowboys of the 1930s to the Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s.

Author Biography

EDWARD BUSCOMBE is the editor of The BFI Companion to Western and has written on Stagecoach, The Searchers and The Unforgiven in the BFI Film Classics series. His most recent book is Cinema Today, published by Phaidon.