The film of the week this time is LONELY ARE THE BRAVE.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056195/

Lonely are the brave was Kirk Douglas trying to do a more arty film. It actually works for the most part. It was written by the great writer Dalton Trumbo, and it's a fairly sad story about a modern era cowboy who tries to break his friend out of prison. Kirk Douglas is fantastic as the cowboy who resents the modern day. This is one of the most underrated westerns. It got good reviews when it came out, but it seems to be more forgotten these days. When he tries to break his friend out of prison, he discovers that his friend doesn't want to leave.

This is where the film gets more interesting. Douglas goes on the run after the failed attempt at saving his friend. I highly recommend it to western fans. There's something about westerns that I love. Sure they can be pretty similar, but there is the exception like this. Films about the death of the west like this and The Wild Bunch are sometimes more interesting to me. There isn't much more you can do with the western that hasn't already by tried, however I would love to see more of them these days.