'If you want to understand America, then watch a classic cowboy film'
Since we’ve been so engaged by American politics — between the November election and the January inauguration — I recently decided to explore US history and culture through a well-established medium: the cowboy Western. So I watched 15 classic Western films, one after another. I’d never been a follower of the Western — regarding it as boys’ entertainment — but it is recognised as an original genre which illuminates the American story. Some compare it to Greek drama, Japanese epics...
Source: independent.ie