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Im Not TherePat Garrett and Billy the Kid

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Billy...

Billy is a natural shift from what weve just looked at, i.e.

the constant demands of the media and the impact on the

artist. The reason why is that, to an extent, Billy is a

representation of what happened to Dylan as aconsequence of being pushed so constantly by the

media.

His period of reclusion is the ultimate consequence of

trying to assert autonomy in a world where media andaudiences want easy messages.

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The Allusion

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid directed by Sam Peckinpah

The allusion is created in two ways:

- the storyline itself - Richard Gere playing Billy the Kid,who has clearly hidden himself away to hide from Pat

Garrett

- the visual treatment - Hayness styling, or mise-en-

scene, borrows heavily from the western genre tradition

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The Story...

You have copies of this...

Before the story - in 1878 - Billy the Kid is offered an

amnesty for his crimes and in return, Billy promised totestify against much more significant criminals. He did so,

but was betrayed by those he trusted and, consequently,

was forced to lived the rest of his life on the run.

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The Story...

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Quote Quiz...

On a spare piece of paper:some hawks..."...instead of a place where...I wanted all along...

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The Look...

Haynes doesnt create the same kind of homage to Pat

Garrett and Billy the Kid that he does for 8 1/2; however,

he is still making very conscious decisions about the

mise-en-scene that reflects his desire to reference thewestern genre.

We see this in the mise-en-scene: particularly setting and

costume.And we hear it in the music.

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The Look...

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The Look...

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The Look...

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The Look...

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The Look...

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The Look...

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The Outlaw

And so the whole sequence becomes a metaphor for the

persecution of the artist in the face of the endless quest

by the media to fix and determine the artist.

In order to be disconnected from this whole identity-

making process, the artist has to disconnect themselves

from all forms of representation. This is exactly what

Dylan did - he took back control over his own artisticidentity by disappearing from all public appearances. He

made music for himself - but the media still chased him.

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The Curse of the Artist

And so there is this sense that the artist can never

escape. Their creations are a sort of prison that come to

define them and fix them in the eyes of the audience and

of the media.

Haynes does a really good job of expressing this in his 7

Rules montage...

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Insert clip of 7 Rules... montage

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The 7 Rules

1. Never trust a cop in a rain coat2. Beware of enthusiasm and of love, each is temporary andquick to sway3. When asked if you care about the worlds problems, look deepinto the eyes of he who asks, he will not ask you again.4 & 5. Never give your real name, and if told to look at yourself,never look.

6. Never do or say anything that the person standing in front ofyou cannot understand.7. Never create anything, it will be misinterpreted, it will chainyou and follow you the rest of your life, it will never change.

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Purpose?

What is the purpose of this sequence? What is it trying to

argue?

Think about the work weve been doing on the nature ofthe artist, their relationship with their audience, and their

relationship with the media...

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How?

So, weve got a range of opinions here about what the

scene is trying to make happen. But what choices are

made that allow us to reach these conclusions?

Re-watch through the scene, discuss, and write notesabout how some of the following contribute to the scenesability to create meaning:- voice-over- editing- contrast / juxtaposition- dialogue- the combination of voice-over and montage