tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post6751827781353405174..comments2024-01-27T02:33:23.675-08:00Comments on Beverly in Movieland: Cowboys and Indians: What’s This “We,” White Man? Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-15176514350575029092013-08-21T13:02:01.735-07:002013-08-21T13:02:01.735-07:00I just read there are some real visual gaffes in T...I just read there are some real visual gaffes in The Searchers, including a modern station wagon visible in the distance in one scene. John Ford, it seems, could be a bit careless. But I'll have a lot more to say about this film soon. (Thanks for chiming in, Mr. Adams!)<br /><br />BeverlyBeverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-90270596607996776452013-08-14T16:46:46.224-07:002013-08-14T16:46:46.224-07:00According to Ebert, seeing those extraneous beyond...According to Ebert, seeing those extraneous beyond the scene details is the fault of the projectionist.Anthony Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15682044452502475095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-41055872550333386462013-07-08T08:59:37.900-07:002013-07-08T08:59:37.900-07:00 . . . I can just imagine Jack Nicholson in brown ... . . . I can just imagine Jack Nicholson in brown makeup! (And, yes, I need to see The Searchers again too.)Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-395956363360999092013-07-06T20:47:11.961-07:002013-07-06T20:47:11.961-07:00You sum up my feelings on this new Lone Ranger. I ...You sum up my feelings on this new Lone Ranger. I am also one of the few people who do not care for The Searchers. I find it (and High Noon) two of the worst "classics" there ever were. Now, I first saw The Searchers in my adolescence after discovering the entertainment value in John Wayne movies - and fresh from watching the Duke are the stalwart hero in Rio Bravo and True Grit and Chisum and The Cowboys and Stagecoach - to see him in shades of gray in The Searchers may have colored my perceptions. Also, not sure if the VHS tape was produced open matte - but when I watched The Searchers in Florida in 1988 (pretty good remembering exactly where and almost exactly when I saw it, eh?) there were instances of me seeing the top of the set and consequently the soundstage rafters at the top of my screen - too big a blooper to have been missed by so many in the theater, surely?<br /><br />In any case - I probably need to see The Searchers again. <br /><br />Love the story of Cheyenne Warrior! Pato Hoffmann might have been more than a little miscast - but think if Mr. Corman had made the movie in the 50's - he might have had Beach Dickerson or Jonathan Haze in the lead!Craig Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037542638067599437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-55815382378014488602013-07-05T16:31:33.828-07:002013-07-05T16:31:33.828-07:00Glad to hear from you, Tina. I wish my husband has...Glad to hear from you, Tina. I wish my husband has learned that lesson. I hear the phrase from him at least once a week, in all circumstances. (Not so much in public, though.)Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-70554489734867280622013-07-05T15:45:06.037-07:002013-07-05T15:45:06.037-07:00I'm laughing about the old Tonto joke... Richa...I'm laughing about the old Tonto joke... Richard and I say the punch line to each other when one of us is making assumptions about "we" and one day, in the middle of a grocery store in Long Beach, I blurted out "What do you mean 'we' White Man?" and realized how bad that sounded. I was very red-faced. Even though the joke makes the Tonto the smart one, I've never said it aloud in public again. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-52846248328789699842013-07-05T11:45:11.090-07:002013-07-05T11:45:11.090-07:00Johnny Depp claims to have some Indian inheritance...Johnny Depp claims to have some Indian inheritance in his genes (not just jeans), along with a lot of other things. Thanks for reading, Gratteciella.<br />Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515783219367479399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3070623657970000135.post-79004485570170955332013-07-05T11:36:35.433-07:002013-07-05T11:36:35.433-07:00What is Johnny Depp's background? I'm pret...What is Johnny Depp's background? I'm pretty sure he doesn't have Native American roots ...<br /><br />I guess some of the traditional Westerns I'm thinking of don't actually have Indians in them (Riders of the Purple Sage; spaghetti westerns like The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly) as much as a western setting and frontier-style morals. Interesting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com