How the West Was Lost (TV 2008)

Rich Hall looks at how the most quintessentially American film genre, the Western, came to be killed off.

Director:

Chris Cottam

Writer:

Rich Hall

Stars:

Rich Hall, Karen Jones, Edward Buscombe

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Rich Hall	...	Himself - Presenter
Karen Jones	...	Herself (as Dr Karen Jones)
Edward Buscombe	...	Himself
Ben Traywick	...	Himself (as Ben T. Traywick)
Juti Winchester	...	Herself
Kenn Barrett	...	Himself
William Kittredge	...	Himself

Storyline

Rich Hall looks at how the most quintessentially American film genre, the Western, came to be killed off.

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Plot Keywords:

western filmmaking | film history | doc holliday | old west | wild west | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 June 2008 (UK)

Also Known As:

Rich Hall's How the West Was Lost

Company Credits

Production Co:

Open Mike Productions, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References The Searchers (1956)

User Reviews

Uneven.

Decent enough documentary for the greenhorns and freshcuts of the genre, with a political commentary that might alienate George W. supporters, but the tiny segment on the great maestro Sergio Leone is downright disgusting, uninformed, moronic, an embarrassment to all involved and immediately renders the entire docu irrelevant and by no means essential. As if insulting possibly the greatest director of westerns and certainly the most influential one since his time in all manner of modern films and susbequent western directors was not enough, peepsqueak Rich Hall completely ignores the avalanche of terrific spaghetti westerns that followed in A Fistful of Dollars' wake. I'm talking about the works of Corbucci, Sollima, Carnimeo, Castellari and other one hit wonders.