Identifier: | dv_00066 |
Title: | Inventing the West: A Symposium on America’s Western Experience |
Description: | A panel discussion on Texas mythology and its legacy in the western genre films of Hollywood. Actor Randolph Scott and the movie “Red River” are often mentioned throughout, and there is also a debate on whether or not the film Star Wars is in the western tradition. The event was sponsored by the University of Texas’ Department of Radio-Television-Film and Department of American Studies, as well as Cinema Texas, The Austin Chronicle and Laguna Gloria Art Museum. |
City: | Austin |
County: | Travis |
State: | Texas |
Country: | United States |
Date: | 1984/09/14 |
Creator: | The University of Texas |
Contributor: | Schatz, Thomas (moderator); Boetticher, Budd; Slotkin, Richard; Michener, James A.; Graham, Don; Newcomb, Horace |
Source: | "Inventing the West" Videotape |
Publisher: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History |
Rights: | Please contact the Briscoe Center for further information regarding the use of this material. |
Box: | 3Y203 |
Format: | vhs |
Duration: | 1 hour, 49 minutes |