I am leaving gently, just as I came gently-------------------The demise of the knight

Gregorio 2022-01-09 08:01:07

This turned out to be a cowboy movie produced by Paramount Pictures in 1953, 1953! Really got a thumbs up!

The film is full of warmth and warmth. There is no desert scenery, no looting or killing by a large number of bandits, but pastures, creeks, and rural gatherings... The film is slow in pace, and it is a good film that needs to be tasted slowly. Do I need to introduce this movie first? Because there are many people including me, sometimes when I want to watch a movie, I first read the comments to determine whether it is worth the time to watch. Then I first introduce the general idea to the passers-by: a lonely gunman, Sean, passing by. On the Tarret family farm, Starrett invited Sean to stay on his farm to help. Sean, who was about to retreat from the rivers and lakes and did not know where to go, stayed. It just so happened that Lake and the group harassed the Starrets and the villagers in order to annex the land. Sean took up the gun for the Starrets (the great man, for the country and the people), and headed for an unknown future... ......

Sean and the hostess

I think the boy Joey’s performance is very wonderful, running through the mountains, forests, rivers, and running in the mud, just like our generation when they were young, unfettered, without much attention at home, unlike today’s children, parents are too devoted So much attention, so that they have parents in every step of the line. Parents don’t know when they will grow up, and children don’t know when they will be free (digress)...

What a natural, simple and free child

The love between men is mostly brotherly, and there are also feelings formed for national justice or common goals (such as the deep affection of the two male protagonists in the South Korean film agent). However, Sean unknowingly fell in love with the hostess Mary Ann, this is doomed to the failure of Sean's idea of ​​retreating to the pastoral. In order not to break their peaceful life, Sean can only choose to leave. This is also a chivalry...

Sean and Starret (what a simple looking farmer brother, this acting)

At this time, people in the west were already bound by law and could not kill people casually, but proper defense and duels were not counted. The western cowboys of this era are just like the Japanese samurai after the Meiji Restoration. They are faced with new choices. "Everyone has a life that suits him and cannot be completely changed." Everyone has to face his own life and have to survive in order to survive. Making some changes, however, can really transform a samurai into a farmer? You can lower your eyebrows, how can you change your style? Western cowboys will only turn to dust, this era will end, and Sean will only have to leave...

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Extended Reading
  • Kelvin 2022-03-26 09:01:09

    8.5/10. The story of the ranger male protagonist helping the yeoman farmers to fight and kill the local bullies, and then the story goes. The photography (color/light/shadow/framing/scenography) is beautiful, but the narrative pace is slow.

  • Alfonso 2022-03-27 09:01:14

    So typical of classical Hollywood! The child's "Shane" sentence is unforgettable. The last civil attack and martial arts is much more terrifying and creative than the last gun battle!

Shane quotes

  • Marian Starrett: Guns aren't going to be my boy's life!

    Joey: Why do you always have to spoil everything?

    Shane: A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.

    Marian Starrett: We'd all be much better off if there wasn't a single gun left in this valley - including yours.

  • [after Shane enters the bar and orders asks for a soda pop, Chris tries to bully him]

    Chris Calloway: Well, what'll it be? Lemon, strawberry or lilac, sodbuster?

    Shane: You speakin' to me?

    Chris Calloway: I don't see nobody else standin' there.

    [throws his drink on Shane]

    Chris Calloway: Here, have some of this. Smell like a man.

    Morgan Ryker: Don't it smell better in here, Grafton? Chris just fumigated a sodbuster.

    Sam Grafton: Just take it easy.

    Chris Calloway: I was just askin' about sody pop... pigs and taters and one thing and another.

    [to Shane]

    Chris Calloway: Say, which one of them tater-pickers are you workin' for? Or are you just squattin' on the range?

    Shane: Joe Starrett, if it's any of your business.

    Chris Calloway: Supposin' I make it my business?