As one of the most influential films of all time, The Great Train Robbery is truly representative of the word “groundbreaking”.
It is a primitive image of filmmaking under today’s lens, but it was a phenomenon during its heyday.
While Edwin S.
Porter’s classic from 1903 is widely considered to be the first Western film for most, there seems to be some debate regarding the breadth of its influence.
Some contentious declarations from film scholars even dictate that this picture had nearly no connection to the evolution of the genre.
Whatever the case may be regarding the authenticity of those claims, this does not dissipate its reputation as one of the foundations of the moving pictures.
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