John Ford Made Westerns: Filming the Legend in the Sound Era Review

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John Ford Made Westerns: Filming the Legend in the Sound Era ReviewThis is an interesting book of essays on John Ford's Westerns. A number of topics are covered, such as Ford's use of music, the relationship between Ford and Frederick Remington's image of the West, the way Ford depicts different ethnic groups in his films.
By and large, the authors are sympathetic to John Ford (a good thing in my mind) and they clearly appreciate the movies. I gave the book 4 stars instead of 5 since there is some repetition among the different authors. (For example, everyone is compelled to discuss the last scene of "Fort Apache.") Still, it is a pleasure to read a jargon-free academic book on Ford's Westerns.John Ford Made Westerns: Filming the Legend in the Sound Era OverviewFresh perspectives on some of the most influential films of JohnFord.The Western is arguably the most popular and enduring formin cinematic history, and the acknowledged master of that genre was John Ford. HisWesterns, including The Searchers, Stagecoach, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,have had an enormous influence on contemporary U.S. films, from Star Wars to TaxiDriver.In John Ford Made Westerns, nine major essays by prominentscholars of Hollywood film situate the sound-era Westerns of John Ford withincontemporary critical contexts and regard them from fresh perspectives. These rangefrom examining Ford's relation to other art forms (most notably literature,painting, and music) to exploring the development of the director's reputation as adirector of Westerns. While giving attention to film style and structure, the volumealso treats the ways in which these much-loved films engage with notions ofmasculinity and gender roles, capitalism and community, as well as racial, sexual,and national identity.Contributors include Charles Ramirez Berg,Matthew Bernstein, Edward Buscombe, Joan Dagle, Barry Keith Grant, Kathryn Kalinak,Peter Lehman, Charles J. Maland, Gaylyn Studlar, and RobinWood.ContentsPartIIntroduction, Gaylyn Studlar & Matthew Bernstein"'Shall We Gather at the River?': The Late Films of John Ford," Robin Wood"Sacred Duties, Poetic Passions: John Ford and Issue of Femininity in the Western,"Gaylyn Studlar"The Margin as Center: The Multicultural Dynamics of JohnFord's Westerns," Charles Ramirez Berg "Linear Patterns and EthnicEncounters in the Ford Western," Joan Dagle "How the West Wasn't Won: theRepression of Capitalism in John Ford's Westerns," Peter Lehman "Paintingthe Legend: Frederic Remington and the Western," Edward Buscombe "'TheSound of Many Voices': Music in John Ford's Westerns," Kathryn Kalinak"John Ford and James Fenimore Cooper: Two Rode Together," Barry KeithGrant "From Aesthete to Pappy: The Evolution of John Ford's PublicReputation," Charles J. MalandPart II -- DossierEmanuelEisenberg, "John Ford: Fighting Irish," New Theater, April 1936Frank S.Nugent, "Hollywood's Favorite Rebel," Saturday Evening Post, July 23,1949John Ford, "John Wayne -- My Pal," Hollywood, no. 237 (March 17,1951), translated from the Italian by Gloria MontiBill Libby, "The OldWrangler Rides Again," Cosmopolitan, March 1964"About John Ford," Action8.8 (Nov.-Dec. 1973)

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