by NRB | 20 Sep 2013 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Of my three favourite western films,* one was based on a novel, one was an adaptation of a foreign film and one was an original screenplay. In chronological order they are: 1 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). Based on the 1927 novel by the mysterious and...
by NRB | 6 Jul 2012 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
We know that video killed the radio star, but what killed the Western genre? Up until the 1960s the Western, in novels, pulp novelettes and short stories, was immensely popular, possibly as popular as crime fiction is today. I never saw my father open a book, but I’m...