art of film.

I think that Stagecoach and True Grit are two completely different movies but also very similar. Stage coach is all about people traveling on a stagecoach while true grit they ride on horses to capture someone. I think that they are very different because in stagecoach, they try to run away from the enemy, the Apache, but in True Grit, the try to run into the enemy, Tom Cheney, to capture him. i think that Stagecoach is no doubt a classic western. it has all the key elements. however, i think true grit is more revisionist because the main character isnt a middle aged gunslinger, its a 14-year old girl who is trying to avenge her father.

Second, True Grit and Unforgiven are very similar. They are very similar stories. They both are trying to capture an enemy who wronged someone they know. In true grit, it is just tom cheney, who is in a gang, while in unforgiven it is two men, and one of them has a slow, painful death and he didn't even deserve it because he stopped his friend from cutting up delilah and also, he tried to give delilah his best pony, shwing that he qwants to be forgiven and he didn't deserve to die. I think the title unforgiven comes in in many ways and that being one of them. I think that both of these movie have classical western aspects but are both more revisionist than classic.

Overall, i think True Grit is a revisionist western. It does have classical western aspects, like an enemy who is the main antagonist and the protagonist is after them. and also the whole setting and misc-en-scene is very 'westerny'. how they are in the open west, kind of like the dustbowl era, lots of dry plants, dust, and dirt. And they are riding horses which is classic. i think that it is revisionist though for one main reason. The main character is a teenage girl. in stagecoach and unforgiven its a man, first of all, and second, he is between the ages of 26-66, not 14. I think it all adds to the title though, how not only cogburne has true grit, but the little girl who is trying to avenge her fathers death also. so even though it is directly stated in the movie that cogburne has true grit, really it is the girl who has true grit.

Overall, unforgiven was my favorite of the three. i think that it had a lot of classical western theme aspects, but the story adds a lot of the revisionist part.