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Originally Posted by RCRochester
That's no different than the success of movies involving the likes of Roy Rogers, Clint Eastwood or John Wayne.
There are also a lot of the more "traditional" westerns on the streaming services. They obviously appeal to a certain demographic but it's not as dead of a genre as many people think.
And, yeah, "neo-western" is a good description for films like this and No Country For Old Men.
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Yeah, but streaming is different. Will a family pay lots of money to go to the movies to see a western? When I say it is basically dead I am talking about making money at the movies.
It's complicated. I don't think you have many people in the biz that care about making them... And the people behind it have to be certain people. Then you add the trends in the country.
Tom Hanks just did one with Paul Greengrass and it only made 12 million I think. But Tom Hanks and Paul Green grass doing a western doesn't give me confidence. So I skipped it.
But the Coens I think built credibility with say rural and middle America do to Oh Brother, Where Art Thou and No Country. The former is especially popular with rural people that I know. It made True Grit an easier sell I think.