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Old 04-06-2023, 07:54 AM   #14655
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“The Searchers” - 3/4

It is imperfect and downright silly at times, but it is so visually influential both in cinematography and style that I should really be giving it a 4/4 on principle.
People like to say Kurosawa was influential, but I bet he looked up to John Ford in his own way.
This is big cinema at its best in a time when representation wasn’t a consideration, but there are very obvious signs of respect and integrity in Ford’s depictions of the savage and the civilised.

If I had to show somebody a perfect example of the acting style of the time period I would have to show them this. This or “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” are the epitome of the era’s ideals.
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