Western Story Review

The idea of the West as a "blank slate" where a person can reinvent themselves, though often at a high moral or physical cost.

A Fistful of Dollars , The Good, the Bad and the Ugly . Revisionist Western Western Story

Often a drifter, cowboy, or retired lawman with a mysterious past. He is skilled with a gun but reluctant to use it unless provoked. The idea of the West as a "blank

The central conflict often involves the encroachment of "Eastern" laws, technology (the railroad), and social structures onto a lawless land. technology (the railroad)