Comments on: The Searchers (1956) http://piddleville.com Musings about movies Tue, 22 May 2012 22:45:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The great and debatable Red River | Piddleville http://piddleville.com/reviews/the-searchers-1956/comment-page-1/#comment-55677 The great and debatable Red River | Piddleville Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:12:21 +0000 http://piddleville.com/reviews/the-searchers-1956/#comment-55677 [...] focus is very similar to Wayne’s Ethan Edwards in The Searchers. Matt removes an arrow that has pinned Tess Millay (Joanne [...] [...] focus is very similar to Wayne’s Ethan Edwards in The Searchers. Matt removes an arrow that has pinned Tess Millay (Joanne [...]

]]> By: True Grit: the last old western? http://piddleville.com/reviews/the-searchers-1956/comment-page-1/#comment-44168 True Grit: the last old western? Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:39:50 +0000 http://piddleville.com/reviews/the-searchers-1956/#comment-44168 [...] to the character he plays, is a synthesis of a number of characters he’s played in movies like The Searchers, Rio Bravo and even Donovan’s Reef. I suppose you could argue that the Oscar was for his career [...] [...] to the character he plays, is a synthesis of a number of characters he’s played in movies like The Searchers, Rio Bravo and even Donovan’s Reef. I suppose you could argue that the Oscar was for his career [...]

]]> By: Peter Andreas Fog http://piddleville.com/reviews/the-searchers-1956/comment-page-1/#comment-36501 Peter Andreas Fog Fri, 14 May 2010 14:43:48 +0000 http://piddleville.com/reviews/the-searchers-1956/#comment-36501 " The film needs a much deeper exploration of the man. An audience needs to get to know and understand him better. He simply doesn’t have enough screen time. There aren’t enough scenes that allow him to be humanized (as there are in a film like Dances With Wolves where we can connect and relate to the native North Americans)." I do not agree for as you yourself states "Scar is the native mirror of Ethan" Not to be coy, but we don't need a deeper exploration of Ethans mirror, when we have the deep exploration of Ethan. ” The film needs a much deeper exploration of the man. An audience needs to get to know and understand him better. He simply doesn’t have enough screen time.

There aren’t enough scenes that allow him to be humanized (as there are in a film like Dances With Wolves where we can connect and relate to the native North Americans).”

I do not agree for as you yourself states

“Scar is the native mirror of Ethan”

Not to be coy, but we don’t need a deeper exploration of Ethans mirror, when we have the deep exploration of Ethan.

]]> By: Piddleville » Blog Archive » Some musings, updates and DVDs headed my way http://piddleville.com/reviews/the-searchers-1956/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Piddleville » Blog Archive » Some musings, updates and DVDs headed my way Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:23:42 +0000 http://piddleville.com/reviews/the-searchers-1956/#comment-4 [...] The Searchers (1956) [...] [...] The Searchers (1956) [...]

]]> By: Piddleville » Blog Archive » My top DVDs of 2006 http://piddleville.com/reviews/the-searchers-1956/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Piddleville » Blog Archive » My top DVDs of 2006 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 13:55:58 +0000 http://piddleville.com/reviews/the-searchers-1956/#comment-2 [...] Searchers, The - Ultimate Collector’s Edition (1956) [...] [...] Searchers, The – Ultimate Collector’s Edition (1956) [...]

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