04-02-2008, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott  I heard that this is a post-modern western. Is that description accurate?
Would the movie comply with the Hayes Production Code, which was the code that governed movies until the 1960s? Here is an excerpt: Quote:
A Code to Govern the Making of Talking, Synchronized and Silent Motion Pictures. Formulated and formally adopted by The Association of Motion Picture Producers, Inc. and The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc. in March 1930.
Motion picture producers recognize the high trust and confidence which have been placed in them by the people of the world and which have made motion pictures a universal form of entertainment.
They recognize their responsibility to the public because of this trust and because entertainment and art are important influences in the life of a nation.
Hence, though regarding motion pictures primarily as entertainment without any explicit purpose of teaching or propaganda, they know that the motion picture within its own field of entertainment may be directly responsible for spiritual or moral progress, for higher types of social life, and for much correct thinking.
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General Principles
1. No picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of those who see it. Hence the sympathy of the audience should never be thrown to the side of crime, wrongdoing, evil or sin.
2. Correct standards of life, subject only to the requirements of drama and entertainment, shall be presented.
3. Law, natural or human, shall not be ridiculed, nor shall sympathy be created for its violation.
Particular Applications
I. Crimes Against the Law
These shall never be presented in such a way as to throw sympathy with the crime as against law and justice or to inspire others with a desire for imitation.
| | Well, I certainly felt no sympathy for the Chugar (the villain), but I too was disappointed by the lack of justice at the end of the movie. As has already been stated (and I won't give anything away), it was demonstrated that Chugar was not in control as he thought he was, but I was still unsatisfied when the credits rolled.
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