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Trycia 2021-12-30 17:21:45
Write casually
The quality of the characters is too clear. Lanson, Guangzhengwei young man, Valancey, do no evil, self-confident and even stupid, compared to Tom's image is much more three-dimensional, he has a complicated internal (rare and precious), and the final exit is also very man.
But there was a bug. In...
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Micheal 2021-12-30 17:21:45
Unit 1 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
In my opinion, this film presents the conflict between modern civilization which emphasizes literacy and rules of law, and the Western traditional culture which is ruled by law of force.
The story takes place in the town of Shinbone where the people live here follows an unwritten rule: the man who...
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Loyal 2022-03-27 09:01:09
The goodness of the movie is indisputable, but this obviously anti-historical and anti-factual cowboy-to-lawyer ending is not so much Ford's summary of the real "history of the West" as it is about his own co-creation and witness to it. A summary of the Western mythology of the golden age of Hollywood in decline. Less than two years later, Leone has used modern film language and moral deconstruction to complete the subversion of this myth. This is the real change of times.
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Letha 2021-12-30 17:21:45
The male protagonist played by John Wayne was the only victim before the advent of the gospel of this civilization. However, the sacrifice he made was not based on James Stewart’s personal beliefs, believing in the real law, but based on personal emotions. , Love for Hallie. So, is John Ford really just through democratic education to make a main theme movie? Isn't there a hint of irony and critical consciousness in this? Behind the gospel of civilization is the lament of the end of the heroes of the west.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance quotes
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Link Appleyard: Mr. Peabody's awful hurt and he needs you bad over at his office.
Liberty Valance: What's the matter, Mr. Marshal? Somebody have an accident?
Doc Willoughby: So that's it, another one of your 'accidents', huh Valance? I'm looking forward to the day when it's you they'll be calling me for.
Liberty Valance: [tossing Doc a silver dollar] Paid in advance.
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Dutton Peabody: [during voting for the territorial convention] I'll have the usual, Jack.
Jack, Barman: The bar is closed, Mister Editor, during voting.
Dutton Peabody: Bar's closed?
Tom Doniphon: You can blame your lawyer friend. He says that's one of the "Fundamental laws of democracy." No exception.
Dutton Peabody: No exceptions for the working press? Why, that's carrying democracy much too far!
