The Wild Bunch (1969) essays

The Wild Bunch (1969) essays I rarely see Western films, so this time I decided to see a western film, The Wild Bunch for this film analysis. In my mind, western movies mean cowboy movies. I do not like that emphasis on the difference between right and wrong, focusing on action, so I always tried to keep my distance from western films. However, The Wild Bunch was pretty interesting and the story was different from my image. The style of the movies was pretty similar to western, but it is focus on drama between men. The beginning of the movie, I thought that the story was very simple like chasing between main character and a member of the group which he belonged. However, as the details of the reason why a member chasing the main character became clearer, I understood that the story was more complex and interesting. I thought that here were only two kinds of people, right or wrong, in western films, but as the plot develops, I did not understand which was right or which was wrong because characters behavior and backgrounds made me feel like everyone have a reason of their own for living and fighting. I felt that men in the movie tired to find the reason for importance of existence. In this movie, the main character and his members lined up in single file from left to right, I like these shots because these images showed their feeling of togetherness and bond of trust especially in the last scene. When they were going to rescue a member, a main character said Lets go and the other answered Why not? and they started walking side by abreast. It was one of my favorite scenes in this movie. The other my favorite was the gunfight in the last. Camera was focused on each and their deaths were shown in slow motion. We knew that die from a gunshot was happening in a flash, but because of slow motion, we could see their expressions carefully and the technique made their deaths more impressive. Also, continuation...