The Searchers Comments

  • Ericka 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    John Ford's Western classic. 1. The first western film to reflect on racism, until [Dances with Wolves], the image of whites and Indians is finally completely inverted. 2. The color and soundtrack are excellent and pleasing to the eye. 3. The composition of the front and rear door frames and the silhouette of the cave are the distinction between civilization and barbarism, family and lonely hero. 4. John Wayne is most satisfied with the role of Ethan, paranoid and paranoid, deep in loneliness...

  • Douglas 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    Strong western white male heroism, it is best to watch the cooperation between John Ford and John Wayne, the bleak west, the pursuit scene in the wind and sand, and the snow, it is really...

  • Ressie 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    Having established and perfected all the attributes of the genre, Ford moved on to a deeper psychological western. This film is infinitely close to Bazin's "Baroque" style. The color deepens the boundlessness and desolation of the vast West, and at the same time broadens the single spatial expression of the images of the previous period. The relationship between the characters breaks through the existing image setting. The solitary knight played by Wayne must be helped by Martin, a young man...

  • Giles 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    This should be regarded as an authentic Western. The conflict between the double John + Indians and the white civilized world is the unique label of Westerns. In the early movies, the actors’ slightly exaggerated performances were always...

  • Emmie 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    The Indians in John Ford's world are savage and represent the power of fear, the emergence of heroes, the destruction of loved ones and families and the new life and hope of another. In contrast, the characters in John Ford's films are too flat, and the line design is extremely straightforward. The builder of nationalism in Western films, the typical plot has not yet achieved a breakthrough, making the appeal slightly lacking. No matter how good the scenery is, no matter how perfect the hero...

  • Hailee 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    Great movies may have their own greatness, but thinking about racism is not...

  • Coby 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    081014 is my favorite of the Double John films. The 5-year time span gives the characters rich and three-dimensional inner space. Wayne's characters are not pure heroes, but a combination of a racist, a heroic cowboy, and a stubborn and tough old man. Cool characters should be plump.

  • Americo 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    The funny clips are great, and the one where two people duel at the wedding is so classic, so funny, 5 stars. Other places are average, 4 stars, I like some...

  • Deja 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    The issue of Aboriginal and naturalization really sets it apart from the average Western, and you can roughly imagine why the West has always admired it (although I think the best Western in film history has to be one of Leone's Macaroni Westerns). Despite this, the male perspective (determined by genre) and white perspective (determined by the era) in the film are still very obvious, and the hypocrisy of the white left in this era is even more contemptible when you think about it. The snow is...

  • Rodolfo 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    "We happen to be Texans, and Texans have to fight to survive, whether it's this year or next year. Maybe another hundred years away, but I don't think it's going to be this bad forever. One day this country will be better, maybe by By then we've turned into bones and it's time to go to...

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.