Marvellously ripe modernist Western. Idealism goes up in flames, the respectable townsfolk are a murderous mob, sexual desire underlies every move. Glorious colours splash across the screen; deep rivers of subversion flow beneath them.
This review of Johnny Guitar (1954) was written by William S on 22 Sep 2007.
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