Review of Jeremiah Johnson (1972) by Ben L — 04 Jun 2007
Seeing this movie made me want to see more American Westerns from the early 70s. There are.
Several odd trends I have noticed in these movies. The first is the quirky humor that pops up in all of them. Here, it's.
Redford's marriage to the Indian woman. Other American Westerns from the period have similar oddball comedy (Little Big Man,.
Ballad of Cable Hogue, etc.) The second thing I've noticed is that all these movies seem to have a "ballad of (insert title.
Character here)" which plays at some point during the film while the character roams around the countryside. This song is.
Almost always a folky acoustic number with lyrics like "(title character) was a man, oh he was a man and he went into the.
Wildernessss...ahhh..." Anyway, Pretty much everything in this movie was done really well. The cinematography is beautiful, the emotions are real, the sense of adventure is vivid. Redford does a lot with an almost silent role.
This review of Jeremiah Johnson (1972) was written by Ben L on 04 Jun 2007.
Jeremiah Johnson has generally received very positive reviews.
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