304. The Searchers (1956)
Directed By John Ford
Synopsis
John Wayne is a bigot. He likes killing injuns.
Review
Ok, The Searchers is another one of those iconic films that everyone should watch at least once. There are depths to a deceptively simple plot that deserve being studied. Ford is holding up a mirror to American latent racism in the portrayal of Native Americans almost as animals to be hunted.
All that being said this is not, by far, the best Western of all time, it is not even the best John Ford Western, Stagecoach was better. In American Westerns on the list up until now High Noon was the best actually. But Ford here shows his mastery at shooting scenery, there probably was not a film that was better shot than this one up until now.
I really dislike John Wayne as an actor, he is always a bit wooden. The rest of the cast is adequate but nothing extraordinary. Some of the comic relief was completely unnecessary. But it is a thoughtful and beautiful film.
Final Grade
8/10
Trivia
From Wikipedia:
The 2007 American Film Institute 100 Greatest American Films list included The Searchers in twelfth place. In 2008, the American Film Institute named The Searchers as the greatest Western of all time. The Searchers is a favorite of Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Ramesh Sippy, James Robert Baker, Brent Spiner, Quentin Tarantino and John Milius.
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Synopsis
John Wayne is a bigot. He likes killing injuns.
Review
Ok, The Searchers is another one of those iconic films that everyone should watch at least once. There are depths to a deceptively simple plot that deserve being studied. Ford is holding up a mirror to American latent racism in the portrayal of Native Americans almost as animals to be hunted.
All that being said this is not, by far, the best Western of all time, it is not even the best John Ford Western, Stagecoach was better. In American Westerns on the list up until now High Noon was the best actually. But Ford here shows his mastery at shooting scenery, there probably was not a film that was better shot than this one up until now.
I really dislike John Wayne as an actor, he is always a bit wooden. The rest of the cast is adequate but nothing extraordinary. Some of the comic relief was completely unnecessary. But it is a thoughtful and beautiful film.
Final Grade
8/10
Trivia
From Wikipedia:
The 2007 American Film Institute 100 Greatest American Films list included The Searchers in twelfth place. In 2008, the American Film Institute named The Searchers as the greatest Western of all time. The Searchers is a favorite of Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Ramesh Sippy, James Robert Baker, Brent Spiner, Quentin Tarantino and John Milius.
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