The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Comments

  • Milo 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    A history of American constitutionalism, the main theme is not a Hollywood patriotic education film. Although the characters are clearly portrayed, the film focuses on civic and political education rather than entertainment. The first half is very rigid like a collective creation led by the propaganda department, and the second half of the plot has some twists and turns. John Wayne's acting skills are brilliant, which makes the film taste several grades. Railroads, elections, free speech, guns,...

  • Dee 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    3.5, flawless except for James Stewart's...

  • Shana 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    This kind of western movie with the Western Law of the Dead is not cool enough to look at...

  • Alberto 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    John Wayne represents the glory of the Western, in which he has been overshadowed and powerless, and James Stewart from the outside means the industrialized, railroaded, democratic "new" America, in this country. In the film, his character is bright and radiant, and he is the absolute protagonist. This is a self-examination by director John Ford, who clearly recognizes the fall of the western and the arrival of a new era. "Sir, this is the West. When the legend becomes reality, it's better to...

  • Cassandra 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    The alcoholic editor-in-chief said when he was nominated for Congress: "No! I am a journalist, not a politician. Politicians are my material, I will expose them and tear their masks, but I will not be one of them. One. I am your conscience, the thunder in the night; I am your watchdog, howling to warn the wolves outside..." In the course of history, Tom's knights will eventually be forgotten, like Lance. Politicians may degenerate. In the end, it is journalists represented by Dutton who...

  • Martine 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    It's interesting to start with a funeral, a lawyer who gets robbed, a sheriff sleeping in a cell, it's a James Stewart walks into John Wayne movie, but who's going to dislike the teacher? The reporters are so crazy, they say the most important words in a hurry, and they don't have the courage to beer. Like the angle of this movie, maybe the law protects the west, but the west must protect the law. Finally, wanted to write to Vera...

  • Verda 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    when the legend becomes fact, print the...

  • Ibrahim 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    This film is far more than the conventional summary of Westerns in the book. Its ambitions are related to the cooperation and conflict of the foundation of American civil and military affairs, and it is perfectly integrated into the dual hero model. It asked what a hero was in 1962, and the heroes who really sang did not get the beauty and the seats in Congress. Ford knew the cowardice and paradox of civilization, and the violence necessary to make it happen. This kind of violence for...

  • Jettie 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    Lawyers in the east were robbed by gangsters in the west. This idealist tried to spread the law to the cowboys who spoke with guns and promoted the spirit of American legalism. In the small-town restaurant that took him in, he worked as a waiter and taught people in French and literacy classes. He was respected and won the hearts of girls. Conflict is inevitable, and the cowboy hero who lives here thinks it's useless, but still supports him and helps him deal with the menace of the villainous...

  • Stevie 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    Compared with Shaw Brothers films, it lacks...

Extended Reading

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance quotes

  • Amos Carruthers: [Stoddard raps table three times to call meeting to order, Amos Carruthers stands] I'd like to nominate the chairman,

    [gestures towards the chair]

    Amos Carruthers: Mr. Ransom Stoddard as delegate to the territorial convention!

    [uproarious cheers of approval]

    Ransom Stoddard: Wait a minute here now!

    Tom Doniphon: And I second that nomination, not only because he knows the law but because he throws a good *punch*!

  • Tom Doniphon: [In Peter Ericson's kitchen visiting Hallie, see 's Ransom Stoddard's shingle, reads] 'Ransom Stoddard, At... torney at Law'

    [amused]

    Tom Doniphon: You're a persistent cuss, pilgrim. You really aim to hang that up outside somewhere?

    Ransom Stoddard: [defiant] That's why I *painted* it.

    Tom Doniphon: [gravely] Well, take some advice, pilgrim. You put that thing up, you'll have to defend it with a *gun*... and you ain't exactly the type.