At 16 I saw The Good Bad.... It' grittines and confused morality caused me to reject 50s Western like this one. Then in the 70s I discovered Anthony Mann, Budd Boeticher and understood many U. S. filmmakers were stretching the genre despite clean costumes and unrealistic sets.
This film is a terrific example of just such filmmakers. The morality play resonates in light of Jan 6th. It resonates with a homoerotic subtext. Resonates with 2010" s Appaloosa, contemporaneous Liberty Valance, and Shane. I'm sorry I passeed on seeing it sooner.
This film is a terrific example of just such filmmakers. The morality play resonates in light of Jan 6th. It resonates with a homoerotic subtext. Resonates with 2010" s Appaloosa, contemporaneous Liberty Valance, and Shane. I'm sorry I passeed on seeing it sooner.