Acid Western
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Acid Western is a subgenre of Western films that blends frontier settings with surreal, psychedelic, and often countercultural or existential themes.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| acid Western | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western subgenre
ⓘ
film genre ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
classical Hollywood Western
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
heroic frontier myth ⓘ |
| emergedInPeriod |
1970s
ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ambiguous morality
ⓘ
anti‑establishment sentiment ⓘ anti‑hero protagonists ⓘ bleak tone ⓘ countercultural themes ⓘ dreamlike atmosphere ⓘ existential themes ⓘ hallucinatory sequences ⓘ nonlinear narratives ⓘ philosophical undertones ⓘ psychedelic themes ⓘ subversion of Western tropes ⓘ surreal imagery ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
American frontier
ⓘ
desert landscapes ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
art cinema
ⓘ
counterculture of the 1960s ⓘ psychedelic culture ⓘ spaghetti Westerns ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
inner psychological states
ⓘ
metaphysical questions ⓘ |
| oftenExplores |
alienation
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death ⓘ madness ⓘ spiritual quests ⓘ subjective reality ⓘ the end of the frontier myth ⓘ the failure of the American dream ⓘ |
| relatedGenre |
art Western
ⓘ
psychedelic Western ⓘ revisionist Western ⓘ |
| subgenreOf |
Western film
ⓘ
psychedelic film ⓘ |
| typicalAntagonist |
corrupt authority
ⓘ
institutions of power ⓘ |
| typicalProtagonist |
drifter
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outlaw ⓘ spiritual seeker ⓘ |
| usesStyle |
experimental editing
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minimalist dialogue ⓘ symbolic imagery ⓘ unconventional sound design ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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