As everyone plainly knows, there are certain characteristics that separate the western film genre from any other. The basis for westerns lie in the past, and typically constitute some form of our American history. Although many westerns are similar in some way or another, no two are identical. In this paper, we will break down various topics and use them to compare two films of this nature: Tombstone and Shane.
Since the ‘wild wild west' was such a large frontier of land, both movies were able to be set there, while still being in separate regions and states. Tombstone was filmed in the actual town of Tombstone, Arizona. Since it is based on real events from the life of Wyatt Earp, the actual location was used. However the environment for Shane is that of the legendary frontier, filmed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with its gray-blue Grand Tetons as a backdrop.
The themes of both these films varied a bit from each other. In both cases, you have the age-old story of the duel......
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