The Shooting



A 1966 Western starring Jack Nicholson as Billy Spear and Warren Oates as Willet Gashade. A Deconstruction of the western made on the same year as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.


 * Doomed Hometown: The film opens with the lead finding his mining camp depopulated.
 * Eloquent in My Native Tongue: A horse trader who barely speaks english is nonetheless capable of reading and writing (no small feat) and seems to run a successful business. He walks away from the confused Gillet mumbling in some language or another.
 * Gainax Ending
 * Gosh Dang It to Heck: Played painfully straight by Willet's sidekick.
 * Hyper Awareness: Willet.
 * Jump Cut: Stylishly used.
 * Retired Gunfighter
 * Rouge Angles of Satin: On someone's grave. Lousy 19th century education.
 * Kick the Dog: The woman who hires Willet to accompany her to Kingsley keeps killing horses.
 * No Name Given: The Woman.
 * The Western