My Darling Clementine seems to be very different from Once Upon a Time in the West even though I have only watched a small part of Once Upon a Time in the West. To begin with My Darling Clementine is in black and white while Once Upon a Time in the West is in color. Also in My Darling Clementine the director used a lot more dialog and did not really use any form of suspense. He did surprise a little bit but not enough to really excite the viewer.
My Darling Clementine also seem to go around the main point of that was set up in the beginning of the movie. The youngest Earps murder was just sort of forgotten about by the older Earps until the very end of the movie with the minute long or so gunfight.
A western is normally thought to be about a gunman that has mission but instead My Darling Clementine is sort of about the issue of Civilization vs Wilderness. It is about the town of Tombstone becoming civil more so then about Wyatt Earp getting revenge for his murder younger brother. Overall I do not really consider My Darling Clementine to be a typical western with a prominent hero but more just about setting up civilization in the west.
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I think your right in that a western is about civilization vs. wilderness, but i also think that My Darling Clementine added the aspect of a gunman going to town, after all that was Earp's mission in end of the movie. Good job!
You do a good job of bringing up the fact that My Darling Clementine strays from the conception of what a western is. Keep in mind though that the movie does have the standard gunman bringing order to an outlaw town
I see your point dan, my darling clemantine definitely approached the film that way. However, your case is arguable too as MDC held many western characteristics to its name as well.
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