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Reduce dust? Working the farms/ranches?Another question..why did they wear kerchiefs around their necks? some was for covering their faces for a hold up, but what about the ones who were good guys.
Breaking horses.And spurs. What was the prupose of them?
Why to jingle jangle whilst one walks merrily, horse o' course, alongAnd spurs. What was the prupose of them?
Hmm, lotta scurvy?In response to Sweet Pee -
This is way there spittoons everywhere. I don't know how they got the *plink* sound, though.
Why to jingle jangle whilst one walks merrily, horse o' course, along
Don't know so here comes a speculation.... Since the west probably was a rather dusty place it was to shield the dust from creeping down under your clothes and make it itch. so the kerchief around the neck would, according to this theory, have been a practical device. Protecting the throat from whatever was in the wind.Another question..why did they wear kerchiefs around their necks? some was for covering their faces for a hold up, but what about the ones who were good guys.
Great movie, just saw it again.
The Wild Bunch. A movie I tried to like and just couldn't.Yeah, see the Wild Bunch and learn!!!
No there is no really good guys in it. There are bad and worse. It is dirty and people are not ever very nice. Thats why movies like that and Leones movies really killed the western genre for a long while. The Old romantic picture of the western was shot to pieces. Main persons as honorable as John Wayne or Jimmy Stewart became unthinkable. Instead we had The Outlaw Josey Wales, A Man Called Horse or pictures making fiun of the western genre like Blazing Saddles. It took decades for the western as a genre to recuperate.The Wild Bunch. A movie I tried to like and just couldn't.
Thank you Kurben. I have no problem with dirty, revisionist westerns. But I think you've hit the nail on the head. There are no good guys. There are no sympathetic characters. Finally my question answered.No there is no really good guys in it. There are bad and worse. It is dirty and people are not ever very nice. Thats why movies like that and Leones movies really killed the western genre for a long while. The Old romantic picture of the western was shot to pieces. Main persons as honorable as John Wayne or Jimmy Stewart became unthinkable. Instead we had The Outlaw Josey Wales, A Man Called Horse or pictures making fiun of the western genre like Blazing Saddles. It took decades for the western as a genre to recuperate.
No there is no really good guys in it. There are bad and worse. It is dirty and people are not ever very nice. Thats why movies like that and Leones movies really killed the western genre for a long while. The Old romantic picture of the western was shot to pieces. Main persons as honorable as John Wayne or Jimmy Stewart became unthinkable. Instead we had The Outlaw Josey Wales, A Man Called Horse or pictures making fiun of the western genre like Blazing Saddles. It took decades for the western as a genre to recuperate.
The era in time, men wore more clothes.. and being they were out in the sun all day, they had to keep their skin protected from the elements, no matter how hot it was.Can you answer some questions for me?
I notice that no matter how hot it is, the men will wear a 3 piece suit, and not sweat! What's up with that? Come out of some of those clothes!
All the men wear vests. Why?
Why do the Indians make some much noise?? Whooping, and hollering as they ride.
How is it that the cowboys always look clean? I doubt they bathed much back then. And they are clean shaven!
Why is it when they got into fist fights, they hardly ever lost their hats?
Did they really carry all their pots, and pans around with them? If so, they never made any clanking noise when the cowboy rode his horse.
If I think of any more, I'll ask..
dust/weather.. they still doAnother question..why did they wear kerchiefs around their necks? some was for covering their faces for a hold up, but what about the ones who were good guys.
Spurs are used to help control your horse.. by pressure.And spurs. What was the prupose of them?