The Big Picture
- Lonely Are the Brave challenges our perceptions of the cowboy figure in a modern setting, highlighting the disconnect between romanticized ideals and the reality of a homeless man.
- The film explores themes of alienation and the refusal to conform to the modern world, ultimately showing that rugged individualism is not enough to achieve collective good.
- Lonely Are the Brave is a precursor to modern Neo-Westerns, highlighting the clash between brutal modern reality and historical mythology.