'Rio Bravo' - The antidote to 'High Noon'?: The antidote to 'High Noon'?

by Birgit Wilpers

Overview

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 2,0, University of Paderborn (Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik), course: How the West was won - American Western , language: English, abstract: 'Rio Bravo was made because I didn't like a picture called High Noon' (McBride 130). This is one of Howard Hawks' comments on his movie Rio Bravo, which he directed and produced in 1959. In this essay, I will describe the main features of Rio Bravo, deliver a possible interpretation of the characters and finally point out some of the main differences and similarities between Rio Bravo and High Noon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783640676750
Publisher:	GRIN Verlag GmbH
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Sold by:	CIANDO
Format:	eBook
Pages:	10
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