There was a time when the West was as popular as today's superhero films. Well, maybe not from TodayGiven that Marvel should allow Marvel's Chinese universe to die. But Western films have been an integral part of the history of cinema since the quiet era, becoming a popular genre during the first half of the 20th century before falling in the last half. Even then, however, we still got some outstanding efforts because the 20th century approached Even in the last decade has seen some great western Posted.

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Of course, as the genre persisted, he transmodized. The Western began by telling simple stories of good against evil just to resort to an auditing price we've seen in recent decades. These more complex take over the genre undermined well -established tropes and standards in order to rethink the Western and often real -life stories in which they are. Such was the case with "The 2007 Essesi Jameses' Assassination by Cuckoo Robert Ford", a film that has not made much of the commercial impact, but which is probably one of the best modern Western ever made, and easily one of the best examples of the 21st century genre.

The film was based on Ron Hansen's novel in 1983 with the same name, and was written and directed by Andrew Dominic, who previously monitored the "shock" starring Eric Bana in 2000. Dominic is also responsible for The frightening ugly dream that was Marilyn Monroe's biopism in 2022. Although it may seem like the farthest you could get from the West, "blonde" actually shares a central theme with the "assassination of Essi Jamesimes" by focusing on the nature of the celebrity and fascinating the public with larger figures of life. In fact, both films deconstruct the very idea of ​​a celebrity, which, in the case of Western Dominic, makes a persecuting and reflective film that deserves to enjoy a much better legacy than it does today.

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If you want to shoot a movie about worship of celebrities, which better actor to appear in the lead role than Brad Pitt? It is probably the epitome of modern Hollywood Starvala, Pete was given part of the title of "Essie Jameseims' assassination". But the story itself focuses closer to Casey Affleck's Robert Ford, the aspirant himself of the Law itself, which is in the Jameseims. Ford's older brother, Charlie (Sam Rockwell), is already associated with the Jameses, and after being recruited by his idol, Robert does his best to succeed as part of the "Outlaw" gang, taking advantage of every opportunity he can tell Jameses.

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Whatever things progress, Ford slowly realizes that his idol is not a mythical figure he thought. At one point, after hearing how closely he followed the many stories of the exploitation of the Jamesimes, Pete's character tells his new recruit: "All of them are lies, you know." This provides a dose of Bago To undermine not only Fords worship for the Jameses, but in a broader sense, our own fascination with glorious, glorious culture and the concept of heroic worship. After Ford is exposed from his Loveube to the Jamesimes, he plot to kill his former idol, who (as a title of prey) he eventually makes him ... just realizing that his actions just promoted Jameseim's standing as a mythical American hero.

Aside from being One of Brad Pitt's best films, "The Assassination of Essi Jamesesies of Cuckoo Robert Ford" It is easy one of the best films that arrives in the early 2000s, giving elegant mediation not only to the Western genre and its history of storytelling re-evaluating stories of hero-VS-Illain, but also on our own splendor of heroic worship and traps in them. Unfortunately, no one really saw the movie in the cinemas. But its bad performance on the box office is really the only negative point for what is otherwise a remarkable movie.

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Debiting in September 2007, "the assassination of Essi Jameseims of the Robert Ford coward" was already sentenced to ruin before it hit theaters. Obviously, Warner Bros. Thinks "The Essesi Jamesimes' assassination" will be shooting. Why? It remains unclear, as the film approaches the book and the finished product does not deviate from the script of Andrew Dominique. But Werners were expecting a different movie, and the executions were disappointed when Dominic delivered his sad revisionist Western with haunting visual images with the courtesy of recognized cinematographer Roger Dekins.

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Report by Los Angeles Times He noticed how the director "wanted to give a dark, considering examination of fame and infamity, in the spirit of director Terrence Malik." But when Dominique showed his film about Warner Bros. executions, they were less impressed with his dark tone and for a long time. According to Hugh Ross, who served as the narrator of the film and the first assistant editor, two executions left the theater and were heard out of jokes How "what we really really need is more shots than slow -moving clouds."

As a result, the Esses Jameseims was thrown into five theaters, introducing $ 147,812 before expanding to 301 screens. This has resulted in a total of $ 15.3 million in box office worldwide. Given the film there was a $ 30 million budget, it is Flop after every measure. But Flop really only applies to the commercial play of the film. Its 77% of Rotten Tomatoes does not really convey the respect "The assassination of the Essi Jameses" commands between Western fans and critics today. Not only were the reviewers very complimentary to Dominic's film after his debut, the film earned two Oscar nominations - Casey Affleck for Best Actor and Roger Dequins for Cinematography. Sorry, none of this could save the "assassination of Essi Jameseims" from quickly overlooking. Fortunately, the years watched by the film praised as one of the best films of her era, and time will continue to be kind to this classic ignorant.

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