This paper examines the Hollywood
western in Hollywood's modern period. To illustrate the changing nature of
cinema and how the western reflected this, two films are shown to be exemplary of the times: "Cat Ballou" and "The Wild Bunch." The two movies are analyzed based on the trends that they
set and by how far they broke away from the mold set by classical Hollywood cinema.
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