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Monroe 2021-12-30 17:21:45

From the Chinese translation of "double", we can see the comparative purpose of the film: law and justice. Who is more authoritative?
In the early stage of the film, Rance's trust in the law, in the mid-term, Rance began to practice guns, and finally, in the name of a lawyer, Rance became the governor. But all of this has Tom's help behind it. Obviously, Tom is a ranger, the embodiment of loyalty. Rance killed the villain (thought by outsiders). From a moral point of view, he is a hero, and from a legal point of view, he should be hanged.
The film has everything that a western film has, masked robbery, marksmanship, and duels. However, just like the total score composition I wrote, the format is the same, but the inside is a jug. The director never gave a clear answer. In the end Tom is alone for a lifetime. Is the director's sigh of justice or his contempt for justice?

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  • Loyal 2022-03-27 09:01:09

    The goodness of the movie is indisputable, but this obviously anti-historical and anti-factual cowboy-to-lawyer ending is not so much Ford's summary of the real "history of the West" as it is about his own co-creation and witness to it. A summary of the Western mythology of the golden age of Hollywood in decline. Less than two years later, Leone has used modern film language and moral deconstruction to complete the subversion of this myth. This is the real change of times.

  • Letha 2021-12-30 17:21:45

    The male protagonist played by John Wayne was the only victim before the advent of the gospel of this civilization. However, the sacrifice he made was not based on James Stewart’s personal beliefs, believing in the real law, but based on personal emotions. , Love for Hallie. So, is John Ford really just through democratic education to make a main theme movie? Isn't there a hint of irony and critical consciousness in this? Behind the gospel of civilization is the lament of the end of the heroes of the west.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance quotes

  • Tom Doniphon: I know those law books mean a lot to you, but not out here. Out here a man settles his own problems.

  • Tom Doniphon: You talk too much, think too much. Besides, YOU didn't kill Liberty Valance.