posted on July 30, 2001 04:31:47 PM new
Yes, his character has only one arm. Great little film in which Tracy plays a man who come to Black Rock shortly after WWII to find out who killed a friend of his.
posted on July 30, 2001 07:15:46 PM new
Okay, I promise not to vote for "Lust in the Dust". I'm having a hard time making up my mind because I tend to like spoofs of traditional Westerns or movies that take an anti-hero stance such as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "Little Big Man","The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean". Can you tell that I'm a child of the Sixties?
Despite the fact that I'm not crazy about Clint Eastwood I have seen "The Good,the Bad, and the Ugly" three times so I guess that'll be my choice even if it is Italian.
posted on July 31, 2001 04:42:41 AM new
Okay, we need a tie breaker,folks. It looked like "Bad Day at Black Rock" would be our movie , but I guess it's film noir. So far we have one vote each for the remaining movies:
Little Big Man
The Searchers
Lust in the Dust
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Am I missing any of them? Bunnicula, what's your first pick from your list? Do you want to be the tie-breaker on this?
posted on July 31, 2001 01:13:48 PM new
You forgot the nominated Liberty Valance. However, some of these are old movies, and may not be accessible for rent. Gotta keep that in mind. I own Little Big Man, so no problem there. But the others...I dont know if the local rental place has them anymore.
posted on July 31, 2001 01:17:18 PM new
Okay, it'll be "The Searchers". I hope you can find it, Femme. Our video stores don't have many of the films I've tried to find either. I managed to get a copy of "The Searchers" yesterday after trying two stores. All the stores seemed to have a single copy - checked out. ( I think I had to special order "Lust in the Dust" in order to own that one. I think I saw it at an art house when it first came out.)
posted on July 31, 2001 01:59:05 PM new
Here's a tip on something to look for in "The Searchers" it happens early on and it is very subtle but of interest. Watch Martha's reactions to Ethan and Ethan's reactions to Martha. Notice how Martha looks at her husband and how she looks at Ethan. One masterful scene is when Martha gets Ethan his coat, pay attention to her and the others in that scene. Ford would tell volumes in seconds without the aid of dialog. Elements like that is what made Ford the greatest of the film makers.
Once Orson Welles was asked in an interview with Playboy who he learned his craft from. Orson Welles said, "I watched the masters, and by the masters I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford." Before filming Citizen Kane he watched John Ford's "Stagecoach" over and over and over to learn how to get the shots he wanted.
posted on August 3, 2001 07:41:14 PM new
I just wanted to bump this up to the top to remind anyone who is interested that we hope to discuss the movie "The Searchers" tomorrow. So if you want to join in , you've still got time to see the movie and join us for popcorn. In addition to the actual movie, we can discuss the genre, the movie's relation to its times( and ours), etc.
