This film is very down-to-earth, and shows various characters in a serious and dramatic way. Henry Fonda represents the European-style aristocracy, who is interested in class and power, John Wayne is an American hero, and soldiers Mixing up with the natives, they conflicted because of their different ideas, but both of them were trying to defend their homeland and the country. When Henry Fonda was defeated and died together with his comrades, he also became an American hero. No matter how he changed, it was a victory for the American spirit.
This is a national propaganda movie. It is a work that was born when there is absolute confidence in one's own country. We have it here, but the name is different. We call it the main theme movie. The absolute trust in the country is the inner driving force, which drives people to open up the wasteland, drive away the enemy, and instinctively believe that their country was built by the greatest nation. This is shown everywhere in the movie, the Indians are regarded as representatives of ignorance, and a white man who is greedy can make a tribe of people play around. On the white side, although there were internal conflicts, all procedures were carried out in accordance with the rules, and the defeat was only because the commander underestimated the enemy, and it was a personal reason.
The external form of Westerns is cultural conflict. In fact, the Westerns that I am more familiar with are Leone’s. His films of the overhead era have a stronger impact. They only include the most cinematic things. Conflict of interest comes first. There is no culture. Of course, he is Italian and doesn’t know much about native American culture, which reminds me of Chinese movies a few years ago, the popular costume blockbusters, the most criticized place is that there is no ancient flavor, but the previous Li Han The reason why the director of Xianghe Hu Jinquan can make pictures of antiques, except that they are more particular about textual research, they have experienced that period of history. This is the important reason. In Westerns, John Ford is such a person. Even if he only sees the afterglow of Western style, he at least feels the environment where the two cultures are fighting. One side is in full swing, while the other is struggling. Therefore, his films are everywhere reflected, the reconstruction of the new world order in the United States, this time is a failed attempt, but at least it has produced heroes.
Think about the most recent successful Western, it should be the Coen Brothers' "Thunderbolt", there is no second civilization in that film, it is a revenge film. If "Django" counts, the tendency toward pure cinema is even more pronounced. The only movies that can have the help of the military now are movies like "Transformers". Now if you want to see the kind of good movies of the classical period, you have to wait for Spielberg and James Cameron to have at least a five-year schedule.
Even now, "Fortress" is still a blockbuster, but it is absolutely impossible to make it now. Except for the lack of attention to culture, it is difficult to replicate the large number of horse battles. If you compare it with superhero blockbusters, you can see that special skills cannot be done. That kind of texture and pride, and Ma Shi is not so much, I am afraid that photography can not bear so much hardship. Even someone like Stallone who regards stunts as a mortal enemy knows how to use tanks and heavy artillery to show off his prestige. No producer would think that a war without seeing the flesh and blood would be attractive.
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