Marked by Darkness and By Blood and One Thousand Powder-Burns: The Proposition

In his critical article focusing on The Proposition, Hoskin points out that 'Westerns have always looked uncomfortable in the Outback, almost as if they know that they're not really supposed to be there. Despite the superficial similarities to America's own wild Frontier, there's something profoundly different about our country's dead heart, and the relative failure of introducing the Western to our film culture would seem to back this up.' Hoskin's article focuses on the narrative and the characterization in Nick Cave's script, and the performances and visual style in Hillcoat's film.