MIT 21L.011 The Film Experience, Fall 2013 View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/21L-011F13 Instructor: David Thorburn The Western as a genre form, exemplifying Hollywood cinema's emergence as a central form of storytelling ("consensus narrative") for the founding myths of the United States. Films discussed: McCabe and Mrs. Miller. 00:00 OCW Intro 00:25 Movies as consensus narrative 12:32 Historical/cultural background 28:13 The western as cultural myth 37:15 McCabe and Mrs. Miller License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu/