: While considered "lesser" than their other six films together, it still follows Boetticher’s signature template: a lone hero facing a charismatic but amoral villain and a psychotic lieutenant. Alternative Contexts
Traditional western scripts often suffer from being too "spooky" (think horror movie posters) or too rigid (think corporate cursive). The creators of -NEW- Westbound Script analyzed hundreds of historical documents from the Oregon Trail and handwritten ledgers from 1860s gold rush towns. They noticed that real handwriting from that era was fast, slanted aggressively forward (to symbolize "movement west"), but surprisingly legible. -NEW- Westbound Script
The solves the "Goldilocks problem." It is: : While considered "lesser" than their other six