The quests end simultaneously, as Edwards, who had planned to kill the girl rather than see her raised as a savage, lifts her triumphantly into the air and lovingly cradles her in his arms, uttering four words that make Western fans cry: “Let’s go home, Debbie.”īut there is no home for Ethan. The embittered, bigoted Edwards undertakes an inner search for grace that mirrors his journey through Monument Valley. Ethan Edwards’ seven-year search for his niece, who is kidnapped by Indians, has the dramatic sweep of epic poetry. If that makes watching The Searchers sound as exciting as attending a classroom lecture, nothing could be further from the truth. Even moviegoers who have never been to film school debate the film’s best camera shots. Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Martin Scorsese rank it among their most profound cinematic influences. Unheralded in its time, The Searchers has become an icon for those who take their movies seriously.
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I, with thousands of films and a century to span, but is there anyone who loves Westerns who doesn’t love The Searchers? John Ford may have written the language of the movie Western in Stagecoach, but with The Searchers he demonstrated a mastery of visual storytelling to craft a film that is the cinematic equivalent of the Mona Lisa. It would be impossible to come up with a unanimous No. Check out the revised list that appeared in our July 2021 issue here. After nearly 20 years, we decided it was way past time for an update. Note: This is our original list published in January 2002. Here's our all-star round up of best westerns according to C&I readers, film critics, and big stars.
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