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| Country: | USA |
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| Length: | 30 min |
Description:
"The Last Outlaw" (1919) offers a compelling look at the end of the Western era. The film follows a hardened hero returning to the town of his past. However, the landscape has changed dramatically, foreshadowing later films like "Ride the High Country" (1962) with the arrival of cars and movie theaters showing Universal Bluebird films. Ford emphasizes this contrast by showing the hero's memories, a technique introduced with the phrase "Memories of the past flashing back to him"—an early use of the term "flashback" in cinema.
| Sub-genres: | short film |