Farewell to Westerns in the West

Jason 2021-12-30 17:21:45

Transitioning from personal heroism to a society based on law, Ford officially waved goodbye to his Western films. The old days of relying on personal strength and relying on cowboys must be buried.
However, even the law needs to be built on Under the violence, even if the violence is hidden in the corner... it's
just the public and heroic violence in the past. Now it has become a deserted mound for no one to mourn. People will no longer remember him and no longer need him.


This is the West. When the legend becomes a reality, we should publish the legend.

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Extended Reading
  • Makenzie 2022-04-24 07:01:14

    "This is the West, and when the legend becomes a fact, the legend will naturally spread." John Ford's very mild Western, the cooperation between John Wayne and James Stewart really has a different viewing experience. Compared with the gradual replacement of guns by the legal order in the film, the deep feelings that are not easily discernible at the end of the film may contain more interesting things. The bearing and loneliness of a hero is like a nostalgia for a bygone era.

  • Chaim 2022-04-22 07:01:32

    It's so good I don't know what to say!

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance quotes

  • Floyd: It's Liberty! He - he's hurt!

    [Doc approaches Valance's body]

    Floyd: It's Liberty.

    Doc Willoughby: Whiskey, quick.

    Person on street: Here, sir.

    Doc Willoughby: [takes a drink, turns Valances body over with his foot] Dead.

    [walks off]

  • Link Appleyard: Mr. Peabody's awful hurt and he needs you bad over at his office.

    Liberty Valance: What's the matter, Mr. Marshal? Somebody have an accident?

    Doc Willoughby: So that's it, another one of your 'accidents', huh Valance? I'm looking forward to the day when it's you they'll be calling me for.

    Liberty Valance: [tossing Doc a silver dollar] Paid in advance.