Westerns: Aspects of a Movie Genre and Westerns Revisited ‘Philip French’s study Westerns must be the definitive so far on that endlessly productive cinema genre.’ Margaret Hinxman, The Sunday Telegraph ‘Mr French has done a dazzling job on a cinematic genre I find antipathetic and outmoded… a generally brilliant and enterprising series of shots at rehabilitating and respectabilising the Western.’ John Coleman, New Statesman ‘A book about themes and trends, devoted, full of faith in the genre, full of faith in the continuing value of the Western. A newcomer to horse opera might think he compression too great for comfort. The addict will enjoy every page. Anyway I did.’ Dilys Powell, The Sunday Times ‘His informal tour of the West actually succeeds not only in redefining for us the general topography of the genre but in pointing out a number of interesting landmarks we hadn’t noticed before… it provokes the reader to think through or expand for himself on arguments tossed succinctly into the air by the author’. Nigel Andrews, Financial Times ‘…an entertaining book, written with his customary wit and erudition… He wears his learning lightly and isn’t afraid to bring politics and history relevantly in. It is a pleasure to read an expert film book which doesn’t seem to have been written by a man who thinks the world stops when the house lights go on again.’ Gavin Millar, The Listener