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Annie 2021-12-08 08:01:40
1. John Ford's attention to social issues goes even further, from class reconciliation to racial reconciliation. Indians are no longer all butchers, but can communicate and integrate into society, but Scarface is a war tribe under the leadership. 2. The dark door is a motif in the film. The film starts from Martha who walks out of the dark door frame to Ethan who faces the dark door frame and turns and leaves. Family life is far less sunny and comfortable for him than the wilderness. 3. The more you look at western movies, the more you can see the strangeness of "Shane", because he is a person without past and background. He is a symbolic character. All his meaning is to solve the contradictions in civilization as a hero. Then disappear into the wilderness. And Ethan in "The Searcher" and Ringo in "Flying Guanshan" are all people in society. Ringo has a father, a brother, and a revenge mission. Ethan also has a background in war, ran away from home, and has a vague relationship with his sister-in-law. Love. 4. Ford's western landscape is magnificent, and David Lean and Spielberg are both affected. Among them, there is a shot of two people walking in the wilderness in the sunset with backlighting, which is quite similar to "Lawrence of Arabia".
Extended Reading
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Ethan Edwards: Livin' with Comanches ain't bein' alive.
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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.