1970 · western
Monte Walsh
Directed by William A. Fraker1h 39m1970
Monte Walsh is an aging cowboy facing the ending days of the Wild West era. As barbed wire and railways steadily eliminate the need for the cowboy, Monte and his friends are left with fewer and fewer options. New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of the open prarie is what they long for. Eventually, they all must say goodbye to the lives they knew, and try to make a new start.
Our read: Monte Walsh (1970) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded western entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured western, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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