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« Reply #90 on: January 17, 2010, 01:42:29 PM »
Quote from: Dust Devil on January 17, 2010, 12:44:28 PM
It's Ford's movie.
Only if you subscribe to the auteur fallacy.
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« Reply #91 on: January 17, 2010, 01:44:58 PM »
Don't start this again guys. Please.
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« Reply #92 on: September 24, 2010, 12:17:23 PM »
The searchers(1956)
John Ford's best? It's certainly the only one I've seen of his that I've really enjoyed. Monument Valley never looked better.
Only thing that bothered me was some of the acting, very overly dramatic. Guess that was normal back then.
I watched the collector's edition and the image quality was amazing for such an old movie.
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« Reply #93 on: September 24, 2010, 12:20:17 PM »
Quote from: Amaze on September 24, 2010, 12:17:23 PM
Only thing that bothered me was some of the acting, very overly dramatic. Guess that was normal back then.
Uh, no.
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« Reply #94 on: September 24, 2010, 12:43:03 PM »
Just something Ford fancied then?   Tongue
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« Reply #95 on: September 24, 2010, 01:00:11 PM »
Not only Ford, but there was plenty of naturalistic acting in 50s films.
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« Reply #96 on: September 05, 2011, 03:37:07 AM »
Quote from: Groggy on October 16, 2007, 08:51:43 PM
Actually I like Jeffrey Hunter. He's not one of my favorite actors but I think he was perfect for this particular role. He does seem a bit goofy at times but he still has some dramatic weight.

Hunter annoyed me in The Searchers (which I have seen twice, and have always believed to be a very overrated film). But I thought Hunter was terrific in Sergeant Rutledge. I could hardly believe it was the same guy
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« Reply #97 on: April 18, 2012, 11:07:46 PM »
I read that in some European countries this movie had the name Prisoner of the Desert. IMO that is a much better name for this movie.

Waddaya think?
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« Reply #98 on: April 19, 2012, 03:43:20 AM »
The Searchers is a great title.
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« Reply #99 on: April 19, 2012, 08:32:54 AM »
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The Searchers is a great title.

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« Reply #100 on: May 14, 2012, 09:56:10 AM »
I see that Prisoner of the Desert was the title used in Belgian, French, and French Canadian title  (all titles at the bottom of this page  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049730/releaseinfo
If anyone understands any of the various titles listed here, can you tell me whether they all translate to The Searchers or Prisoner of the Desert, or whether are there any other titles besides those two? Thanks  Afro )

I think the title "Prisoner of the Desert" is really cool because while on the simple level it refers to the girl who was captured by the Indians, on a deeper level it of course refers to Edwards, as the closing song alludes to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woahas_W35A Edwards is a man of the west, who has to wander and ride away; as soon as he find Debbie and brings her home -- after spending most of 5 years in the saddle, wandering the desert, he walks right back out the door.

Can you make the same point about the title "The Searchers"? I suppose you can. (Here is the FULL version of the song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20jAtWu4CxM the lyrics are in the "description" at this link; I believe the movie only uses the first stanza [for the opening] and the last stanza [for the closing].

As the song says, he is searching for his heart and soul or sumthin. So the deeper meaning is present there, but IMO doesn't come off as well. I mean, I don't really think he is searching for his heart and soul, as if he expects to find it. he knows full well he is meant to wander and ride away, and he ain't searching for anything, and he sure won't find it. Besides, that deeper meaning only refers to Ethan, not Martin, so it shouldn't be The SearcherS, plural. Prisoner of the Desert has the singular.
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« Reply #101 on: May 14, 2012, 12:02:48 PM »
Looks like the original German title was "The Black Falcon"! Shocked
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« Reply #102 on: May 14, 2012, 12:05:29 PM »
Quote from: drinkanddestroy on April 18, 2012, 11:07:46 PM
I read that in some European countries this movie had the name Prisoner of the Desert. IMO that is a much better name for this movie.

Waddaya think?

Too on the nose.
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« Reply #103 on: May 14, 2012, 01:19:58 PM »
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Looks like the original German title was "The Black Falcon"! Shocked

Unfortunately, yes. Chief Scar is no longer Chief Scar
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« Reply #104 on: May 17, 2013, 09:34:14 PM »
I've seen this at a few of my local bookstores. Not sure if it's been posted here yet:

http://www.amazon.com/Searchers-Making-American-Legend/dp/1608191052/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368851497&sr=1-1&keywords=the+searchers+the+making+of+an+american+legend
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