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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  • Alysa 2022-04-19 09:02:44

    The film is a hymn to the pioneers of the west, with a large time span and a large collection of characters. The rhythm lacks coherence, and now it seems a little boring~

  • Donna 2022-03-16 09:01:07

    In 1990, the only Western film before Dancing with Wolves was the best Oscar, and Raidenhua was only one of the two best. Today, apart from the introductory part of the reciprocal Shuahua, the overall is too old (mainly Yanxi's character is too full, fighting for land, protecting the weak, killing bandits... the performance of each node is too high), Sensational, exaggerated performance, more routine roles, Jewish tailor and black servant. But the section of the fan hanging on the roof is reminiscent of David Lean. "Human fans" appeared on the River Kwai Bridge and the trip to India.

Cimarron quotes

  • Yancy Cravat: Wife and mother, stainless woman, hide me... hide me in your love.

  • Yancy Cravat: I'll show them first crack that the Oklahoma Wigwam prints all the news all the time - knowing no law except the law of God and the government of the United States. Say, that's a pretty good slogan! Top of the page - just ahead of the editorial column!