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Meanings of western genre in English

Russian
вестерн
Portuguese
westerns
Spanish
película de vaqueros
Catalan
westerns
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Genre of films set primarily in the 19th century American West.

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вестерн
Russian
вестерн
Portuguese
western
Spanish
ficción del oeste
Catalan
western

Multimedia genre of stories set primarily in the American Old West.

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вестерн
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Examples for "western film"
Examples for "western film"
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The great Takeshi Kitano gets a rare outing in a western film.
The Irish Times
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Can a western film-maker ever get India right on the screen?
The Guardian
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This is your first time working with a western film star.
Reuters
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Hooper plays a stunt co-ordinator on a western film in some remote part of Peru.
The Irish Times
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Look at the crowd, the ambiance is as good as any Western film festival.
Reuters
Usage of western genre in English
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For their third album, western genre-busters Ensemble Eriu have, appropriately, drawn inspiration from the later paintings of Jack B Yeats.
The Irish Times
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Turner Ross told Shaun D Wilson about their non-fiction take on the western genre… Read more Audio 1:34 PM.
Radio NZ
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Cheyenne creates an eerie atmosphere with banjo and out-of-tune piano, while Man With a Harmonica is the most recognisable theme in the western genre.
The Irish Times
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Born in New Orleans in 1925, but growing up in Detroit, he began by writing novels and short stories in the then popular western genre.
The Guardian
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This is an entertainment within a very Western genre, and nothing more.
Bangkok 8
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For his part, Wolf isn't so sure about a resurgence in the Western genre.
Reuters
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The study begins with Housekeeping, Robinson's haunting debut novel, which undertakes a feminist revision of the Western genre.
The Daily Telegraph
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His Stoner is the book that has garnered the attention, but I prefer this earlier take on the Western genre.
The Irish Times
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But Walter Hill, director and producer of "Broken Trail," said the Emmy recognition for both programs could indicate a resurgence in the Western genre.
Reuters