by Travis Mills | Aug 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
I continue to study the Western genre. I have now launched a podcast about the making of Western films. Listen here Destry should have been the model for most comedic westerns to follow. Unfortunately, most of them chose a more farcical direction and turned...
by Travis Mills | Dec 22, 2019 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
Each Monday, I share reviews of Westerns I’m studying to prepare for making 12 Westerns in 12 Months during 2020. I am watching these films not from an audience perspective but as a filmmaker, as a student of the genre. Week Thirty Five: Broken Arrow...
by Travis Mills | Jul 15, 2019 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
Each Monday, I share reviews of Westerns I’m studying to prepare for making 12 Westerns in 12 Months during 2020. I am watching these films not from an audience perspective but as a filmmaker, as a student of the genre. Week Eleven: The Ballad of Lefty...
by Travis Mills | Oct 18, 2015 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
As a precursor to our film project, 12 Western Feature-Length Films in 12 Months, which Running Wild Films and 5J Media will start producing in 2016, director Travis Mills shares his thoughts on films from the genre as he studies Westerns in preparation for our own....
by Travis Mills | Jul 26, 2015 | 12 Westerns in 12 Months
As a precursor to our film project, 12 Western Feature-Length Films in 12 Months, which Running Wild Films and 5J Media will start producing in 2016, director Travis Mills shares his thoughts on films from the genre as he studies Westerns in preparation for our own....
