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Western
posted by MoreSparrowsSTAFFMOD on November 10, 2021 at 11:57 PM
I recommend adding "Western" to the list of genres. "Western" is one of our keywords, and it's in the tagline we have listed, and Western tropes and aesthetics are all over the film.
Reply by Banana
on January 6, 2022 at 10:32 PM
The film does appear to be inspired by the western genre. But I'll wait for more opinions since I haven't watched it myself.
Reply by lineker
on March 5, 2022 at 5:14 AM
It all depends on how we define the Western genre. To me it sounds like this one is using the tropes of the Western genre, but in a completely different setting, meaning it's not a true Western. But maybe there are other exceptions in the database?
Reply by MoreSparrows
on March 5, 2022 at 3:34 PM
Fair question. Is the genre defined more by tropes and aesthetics, or more by a specific time and place?
Here are a few examples of films set outside of North America that are tagged as Westerns in the database: The Good, The Bad, The Weird (South Korean film set in Manchuria) Sweet Country (set in Australia) The Overlanders (set in Australia)
To be fair, I also found counterexamples; The Story of the Kelly Gang (Australia) does not have the Western tag.
Reply by lineker
on March 5, 2022 at 4:45 PM
Yeah, I'm still undecided. We'll see if anyone else wants to weigh in.