Movie thoughts and fiction updates.
#16 in my ranking of John Ford's filmography. I don't think there are enough movies about the American Revolution. They're sprinkled throughout the century of movies here and there, but they are kind of rare occurrences. It was a pleasant surprise, then, to learn the John Ford had made one about some action on the… Continue reading Drums Along the Mohawk
#7 in my ranking of John Ford's filmography. I've found the Today We Live of John Ford's body of work. Mired with a 5.9 out of 10 rating at the IMDb, the last little movie Ford made before the public is really cognizant of his work with Stagecoach, it's a hidden gem, a wonderful film… Continue reading Submarine Patrol
#17 in my ranking of John Ford's filmography. Once again, John Ford makes a movie about World War I that feels one step removed from actual combat. Adapted from the novel Patrol by Philip MacDonald, it's a tightly focused story of a small group of men largely in a single location. I actually thought that… Continue reading The Lost Patrol
#25 in my ranking of John Ford's filmography. John Ford had little good to say about this movie decades after the fact, and I think he simply hadn’t seen it or even thought of it for years. His experience was colored by one particular and unprofessional actress that was forced upon him, and he couldn’t… Continue reading Seas Beneath
#4 in my ranking of Sergio Leone's films. I wouldn't really call this a Western, though everyone labels it as such. It's too modern (set in the 1910s during the Mexican Revolution) and too focused on an actual revolution to fit. I'm not one for genre games, but it just helps settle me when I'm… Continue reading A Fistful of Dynamite (Duck, You Sucker)
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