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The more I think about, Breaking Bad is really a Western.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 1:29 pm
Posted on 11/24/14 at 1:29 pm
And a good one at that. I was rewatching it this weekend, and I kept thinking Sergio Leone could have written this series. I'd really like to see Vince Gilligan take on a true traditional western just for fun.
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Posted on 11/24/14 at 1:43 pm to UsingUpAllTheLetters
Vince Gilligan himself has said that he considers it a western and that it was his intention to make it in that form. I love that idea because a great western is one of my favorite things to watch. It also made me happy that he exposed some people to the Marty Robbins album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, one of my favorite albums ever.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 1:45 pm to UsingUpAllTheLetters
Isn't almost everything a Western?
When you boil it down to nuts/bolts story?
When you boil it down to nuts/bolts story?
Posted on 11/24/14 at 1:49 pm to JumpingTheShark
I agree and I see what you both are saying but as I'm typing I'm listening to Tommy James sing Crystal Blue Persuasion.
Great old song
Great old song
Posted on 11/24/14 at 2:55 pm to UsingUpAllTheLetters
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And a good one at that.
Yes - I see it - the attention and importance of the vehicles as parallels to horses - the classic archetypes - it is literally in a classic western setting - and particularly when they were holed up in various places - the cinematography of the desert scenes.
Perhaps not a straight western in modern timesg (such as No Country) but definitely an homage.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 2:57 pm to Zamoro10
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When you boil it down to nuts/bolts story?
Not really - most comedies aren't western, even most action pictures (although some are - Predator - literally has an Indian, Aliens, etc.), but there are various things that make you think Western - open desert scenes, standoffs at gunpoint, sieges - all those are signs.
I'm not 100% on board with the OP's theory, but I definitely see the elements there.
This post was edited on 11/24/14 at 2:58 pm
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