Movie thoughts and fiction updates.
#24 in my ranking of John Ford's filmography. There was a moment about halfway through this film when I thought it was going to stand as one of John Ford's greatest triumphs. If the movie had simply kept to the actual story it was trying to tell, I probably would have kept onto that opinion,… Continue reading Sergeant Rutledge
#1 in my ranking of John Ford's filmography. Oh. My. God. That was what was running through my head when John Ford's The Searchers opened. From the first seconds of the film after the titles, Ford was in complete command of the images he presents to the audience, utilizing the scope of the image to… Continue reading The Searchers
#19 in my ranking of John Ford's filmography. Is this a sequel to Fort Apache? Probably not, but it's amusing to think of it as one. The third of John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy, Rio Grande was the movie he agreed to make for Republic Pictures in order for them to fund The Quiet Man, a… Continue reading Rio Grande
#20 in my ranking of John Ford's filmography. "One for them, one for me." I had no idea that Ford did this, but here is Wagon Master after a pair of crowd pleasers. It's a character driven Western about Mormons on the trail to San Juan Valley, their promised land that they must set up… Continue reading Wagon Master
#35 in my ranking of John Ford's filmography. The second entry in the unofficial Cavalry Trilogy (bookended by Fort Apache and Rio Grande), John Ford's She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is an entertaining and leisurely look at life in the US Cavalry centered around the final week of service of a retiring captain. It's also… Continue reading She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
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