《金》更应该被看成一部一群满怀希望的赤贫者通往美好生活的西部片。这一类型是观众所了解的。这群人常常遭受印第安人的袭击，因而不得不走出他们的马车障垒进行防御。或者他们受到自然暴力的侵扰，或者是荒漠商队在险峻的隘口蒙受折损，或者被饥渴所迫，亦或者两名男性能手争夺领导权，最后将一切引入灾祸。阿斯兰忽略了所有这些类型元素。影片…

Due to a revolution all the male children in a village are called Bela, after the ruler. However one young baby is given a name other than Bela, and when he grows up, he is seduced by a young woman, and he becomes pregnant....