"It became a metaphor for the lives of the people in this film and for the Old West, for the abandonment that occurred in the early part of the 20th century."

People, Film, Metaphor, Old

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"It became a metaphor for the lives of the people in this film and for the Old West, for the abandonment that occurred in the early part of the 20th century."

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