” target=”_blank”>This is another trailer that you may not have had the inclination to watch– (click the link, or the poster to watch the trailer…) WATCH IT!
My first thought on this was: “Australia’s answer to No Country for Old Men”. As the trailer progressed… I was right! But I’m loving this Modern Western- the visuals painted in this trailer really have a punch- it feels like No Country, and The Magnificent Seven– There’s a sense of The Searchers in there as well… I don’t know about anybody else- but I can’t wait to see this!
Let me explain why…
I love a good Western- but my main complaint is that most westerns are very… cookie cutter/generic. To me, the western has been dying out because the sensibilities and archetypes of that time period are all but lost, the choices we make in life aren’t as cut and dry as they once were… Society has evolved and so must the medium we use to teach its morals- its life lessons. Really, what is a Western other than a morality play?
In No Country for Old Men, the statement (I believe) to the world was that there are no longer bandits and sheriffs, that the bad guy- isn’t always bad- that the good guy isn’t always… well… good… and in essence, by making that statement and by setting it in a modern age- the Western was reinvented. Now, the western shouldn’t be about what shoes we step in to- it shouldn’t be about what role we are playing in life (whether its Sherriff or Bandit)- today’s western should be about the goals we make and how we go about achieving them.
Because in today’s world, a man can have the most noble of intentions- but destroy countries in his wake. Again, its how we achieve our dreams and not the dreams themselves that define who we are. (another prime example of this execution would be Firefly- laugh all you want, but go back and look at it)
ANYWAY- I’m not sure how this turned into a review for No Country… or a rant on modern storytelling… maybe what I was trying to say is that Red Hill looks like its made the way a modern western should be made… it looks like the world isn’t going to be cut and dry, even if the characters are… it looks as if it is going to be a modern morality play- without the morals.
This is at least my hope for it… Let’s see if I’m right!