American Spiritual Adventure, Freedom, Equality

Gabrielle 2022-01-21 08:02:14

#4# (High ambitions) The 4th Oscar for Best Picture Award. The running time is 123 minutes. Since the film won the award, the concept of the so-called American Western was developed. For the first time in the film, the goodwill to the Indians and the idea of ​​fighting for their equality were expressed. Later, this film was selected as one of the 10 worst films in the past 78 Oscars for Best Picture by the American magazine Premiere.

The film can be regarded as a chronicle of western development in the epitome of Oklalhoma in the United States. In the past 40 years, Oklalhoma has developed from an endless prairie to a thriving oil city. The male protagonist Yancy is an adventurous lawyer and a sharpshooter. He rushed to the land from the east with his wife Sabra. He runs newspapers, kills gangsters, and criticizes current affairs. He screamed for the rights of Indians, not hesitating to offend the powerful. He was unwilling to live a peaceful life several times and wandered outside in search of a new world of adventure. Leaving aside the incredible emotional clues of Yancy and Sabra, Yancy is the author's positive image of a group of pioneers in the West who went forward bravely and pursued freedom and equality.

The most memorable part of the film is from 5'30" to 9'30 at the beginning. The scene of horse racing on the vast ground. The noise of horses hoofs, the screams of horses and the shouts of people are dusty. Sometimes there are caravans. And early bicycles with big wheels and small wheels were also desperately rushing forward. In just one hour, 2 million acres of land were looted. In the absence of aerial photography technology at the time, the 4-minute footage reflected the director's scheduling ability and capture technology.

From The content of the film is really lackluster. Perhaps the honor of the best film is to give an objective display of that passionate history, and the American spirit of advocating adventure and pursuing freedom and equality.

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Cimarron quotes

  • Yancy Cravat: Sugar, if we all took root and squatted, there would never be any new country.

  • Yancy Cravat: Why, it'll be all over the southwest that Yancy Cravat was hiding behind a woman's petticoat!

    Sabra Cravat: But you didn't! They can't say so! You shot him there nicely in the ear, darling.

    Yancy Cravat: Well, you shouldn't interfere when men are having a little friendly shootin'.