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The Searchers on the Big Screen once again!
This time at the Sebastiani Theatre on August 19th 2019 located at 476 1st St East, Sonoma CA 95476 - 707.996.2020
Sebastiani Theatre Foundation
https://www.sebastianitheatre.com/vintage-blog/2019/6/7/the-searchers-1956
Oh, man! I would go for sure, if it wasn't 3000 miles away. I wish they did that nation wide.
Mark
I was excited until I saw where it was. I'd go watch if I was in the area.
Epic shot!
Your pics are simply superb sir!
I heard about that a long time ago. You have to admit, the line stays with you. I know that I have used it many times myself, and I use my Duke impression when I do!
Mark
It's sad that a movie like this could not be made today.
“ I have to look at The Searchers. I have to — almost every time” … ‘The Searchers is a genuine masterpiece of the western film genre that almost transcends its very category as an exploration of the morality of the American frontier. With stunning visuals as a result of John Ford using the iconic legendary Monument Valley as the backdrop to the action and an intense performance by John Wayne as Ethan Edwards, The Searchers remains a western of the highest order.‘
A very interesting, if contentious, article here, arguing that Duke Wayne and Ethan Edwards are analogous figures:
“… The Searchers was an elegiac Western for the ages that made it clear in the years to come that ‘The Duke’ didn’t have to deviate all that far away from his own personality to embody Ethan Edwards.
“The grizzled veteran feels increasingly lost in a world that isn’t the one he once recognised, and as a result, it’s made him increasingly distant, bitter, and prone to rage-fuelled outbursts. He also carries deep-running prejudices against anyone and anything that doesn’t adhere strictly to the code or worldview he’s lived his life by before coming to the realisation that a peaceful existence in a modernised society is something he’ll never be cut out for. The final shot of him walking away is one of the most famous ever captured on-camera, and it’s reflective of Wayne turning his back on what Hollywood was becoming…”
I call BS on the main premise of the author saying that John Wayne was using his big closing scene in The Searchers as a statement on his views of the way Hollywood was heading.
It’s already been well documented and spoken by Duke himself what the meaning of that scene was and who he was honoring in it.
And as to the author’s statements of Duke being disgruntled about seeing the industry headed down the toilet well what can you say except that he was right!
By and large what we get out of Hollywood today is garbage. They haven’t had an original thought since 1978.
Duke saw it coming and was sad to see it. I’m sure part of his frustration was in the realization that he couldn’t prevent it.
