By all rules of the western genre, John Ford's My Darling Clementine shouldn't work. The plot, the primary motivations, and the action all but disappear for the whole middle part of the movie. And yet it's one of the greatest westerns ever made. Ford's westerns, at their best, danced along a thin line between reality … Continue reading Tombstone as Myth: My Darling Clementine on Blu-ray
Day: October 13, 2014
Sunday at the Mill Valley Film Festival
I spent Sunday at Mill Valley Film Festival. Amazingly, I was actually in Mill Valley. Here's what I saw: The 3D Sideshow 3D enthusiast and filmmaker Robert G. Bloomberg introduced this selection of shorts with a trailer to a 50's 3D movie called The Maze. He followed this with his own Frogs & Friends--a selection … Continue reading Sunday at the Mill Valley Film Festival
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