The Land of Wolves: Of Wolves, Sheep, and Sheepdogs in Taylor Sheridan's "Modern American Frontier Trilogy".
With their references to "wolves," the films that comprise Taylor Sheridan's "modern American frontier trilogy," Sicario, Hell or High Water, and Wind River, invoke David Grossman's trichotomy of a society of sheep protected from predatory wolves by sheepdogs. By characterizing the 21-century Americ...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Popular Film & Television Vol. 52; no. 1/2; pp. 43 - 62 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan-Apr2024
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