dir. John Sturges
A taut neo-Western noir starring Spencer Tracy about a WWII veteran who arrives in a remote desert town and must piece together its dark secret as he's menaced by a gang of local cowboys. It'll keep you guessing until the end.
I watched a bunch for research while working on a western screenplay. Iβll call out some specific ones.
High Plains Drifter
- borders on avant-garde
Lonesome Dove
- an epic
The Great Silence
- a subversive Spaghetti Western so controversial it was never released in America and is only available in Italian
The Proposition
- a dark Australian western
Quigley Down Under
- a fun Australian western
The Missing
- horror
The Settlers
- a dark Chilean western
i'm a sucker for anything set in the desert. dylan mcdermott stars in this bizarre b movie thats set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with a surprise cameo from iggy pop, killer soundtrack too
I want to regularly exchange hand-written letters with someone in a distant country and confide in them as we share our day-to-day struggles, passions, dreams etc. and learn about each others' cultures
And not just honeybees-- there are 20,000 known species of bee, from solitary bees that spend most of their lives alone to complex hive-dwelling societies
Also, they come in every color. Extremely cool and helpful guys.
