The Searchers Comments

  • Kayley 2021-12-08 08:01:40

    The significance of this film lies in the destruction of the traditional narrative structure. Without it, there would be no more classic movies and characters. In addition, every frame of photography is flawless, especially those indoor scenes with lots of characters. The control of blocking is already superb, and it is exciting to watch it. However, the entertaining tendency of this film made him destined not to be a 100% great work. What a...

  • Clifford 2021-12-08 08:01:40

    That'll be the day~~~ This kind of high-end products whose analytical value is far greater than the appreciation value is left to the film critics to "interpret". Later Debbie turned out to be Natalie...

  • Peggie 2021-12-08 08:01:40

    This movie is worth watching over and over again, and every time I watch it, an irresistible charm permeates. The scene of John Wayne stepping out of the door frame at the end is always in my...

  • Briana 2021-12-08 08:01:40

    (70/10) Westerns in the 1950s have begun to have some elements of genre reflection, but the genre elements established by John Ford in traditional Westerns still exist. The racial confrontation from the white perspective is still about justice and evil. The little white girl abducted by the Indians is used as a clue to the whole plot, interspersed with love lines, plus occasional gags, wonderful horse-riding shootouts, and the symbolic first and last door frames. The composition is very...

  • Electa 2021-12-08 08:01:40

    Looking at the scenes and concepts in the film, it is no longer novel and progressive, but in the 1950s Ford’s attitude has actually been subtly shaken. The metaphor of the door frame, the pursuit of murder for thousands of miles, was paid tribute to "The Soul on the Leather...

  • Amber 2021-12-08 08:01:40

    This is the film that has affected many directors. The western filming in 1868 in 1956 can be original like this. The shooting angle is so novel even if it is now. Of course, I am still entangled in the question of whether Texas has an accent. A lot of laughter~ By the way, it should be the first time I have seen a film in a movie that time passes so naturally. It is not a stiff row of subtitles: after xx years, it is getting old and old in the line. texas is so...

  • Monte 2021-12-08 08:01:40

    Three and a half. The masked characters in the westerns are with the beautiful scenery. Although the heroes have become complicated, adding racist arguments and reflections, they still can’t better explain the character’s process from hate to acceptance. Different characters exist more as opposing...

  • Jeremy 2021-12-08 08:01:40

    Half a century later, the film is not ugly at all. The values ​​are even more advanced. I always thought that there would be an Indian witchcraft that exchanges souls at the end, but obviously the director is more esoteric than I thought, the little one who went crazy with the doll. The girl is just a comparison, telling us that we can choose to live like this, or we can choose to live in such a despicable...

  • Emmalee 2021-12-08 08:01:40

    Film Archive Warner’s 90th Anniversary Classic Exhibition. I haven't caught up with the heyday of westerns, so I can't really like it much. As the number one film history western film selected by the American Film Institute, it is more than enough to deal with me, a beginner; the magnificent western landscape, white male heroism hormone runs through. The most important thing in Western films is to choose the right male protagonist; racial discrimination is not important, and the highlight is...

  • Haven 2021-12-08 08:01:40

    The door frame, the composition of the opening, the use of silhouettes, the excellent photography, and the hero finally died; but there are still the limitations of the times, and the plot of great tragedy and great joy intersects, and it feels a bit...

Extended Reading

The Searchers quotes

  • Ethan Edwards: Livin' with Comanches ain't bein' alive.

  • Ethan Edwards: You remember that scalp string on Scar's lance? Long and wavy?

    Martin Pawley: Yeah, I saw it, and don't try to tell me it was Aunt Martha's or Lucy's.

    Ethan Edwards: It was your mother's.