50 STATES, 50 MOVIES: ARIZONA:

A Relic Of One Of America's 20th Century Cultural Staples

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Arizona in cinema seems to fall into two categories: Wild Wild West days (like Tombstone or 3:10 To Yuma) or modern suburban life (like Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion or Pump Up The Volume), but both have been done to death. I wanted a movie that really highlighted Arizona’s place in the in-between years, the post-war, post-Dust Bowl years…