The hero who rides away into the sunset misses out on community and family, and at the same time shirks his responsibility to the same. Its not enough to bring the cows home when they get out. You have to put things in order, fix the fence and make sure they are cared for.
Cinema reached here likewise as it did for your people. The image you selected from the final sequence bears contemplation. The beautiful hills are almost participants, more than onlookers. Your metaphor of flora and fauna, a fierce autonomy, is almost belied.
Those shoulders though of youth seem prematurely aged, carrying the burden of the American 19thC. I suppose the hero must bear the burden of history, leaving us with poetry, the future and obligate continuity. He has no future.
The hero who rides away into the sunset misses out on community and family, and at the same time shirks his responsibility to the same. Its not enough to bring the cows home when they get out. You have to put things in order, fix the fence and make sure they are cared for.
Louis L'Amour's best hero is, IMO, Bendigo Shafter. And I often quote what Louis has him say about community and responsibility.
Cinema reached here likewise as it did for your people. The image you selected from the final sequence bears contemplation. The beautiful hills are almost participants, more than onlookers. Your metaphor of flora and fauna, a fierce autonomy, is almost belied.
Those shoulders though of youth seem prematurely aged, carrying the burden of the American 19thC. I suppose the hero must bear the burden of history, leaving us with poetry, the future and obligate continuity. He has no future.