There’s a stately majesty to the images here that fails to compensate for too many problematic features:Ford may be offering this as an apology for wrongs done to Native Americans in both history and cinema, but it’s a bizarrely outside view of what is meant to be one nation’s story – we never get close to the Cheyenne; the casting of Hispanics and one Italian-American as Cheyenne (even if it was standard practice for the day)is embarrassing to watch today; and the over-long Dodge City section is a pointless interlude (yes, there’s a thematic point made, but it’s aesthetically pointless).
by Ian Johnston | Source: WB DVD
23 Jul 2006 2:25 PM | Submit Comment