Review of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) by Dave H — 09 Mar 2009
Theatrical and pantomine in places, and not in the same ball park as "The Searchers", but compelling for the contrast between Stewart's idealistic "Mr Smith" retread, and Wayne's dry, drawling retread of every one of his perfs.
Luke vs Han, totally. Intriguing most of all for its wonderful tightrope dance on issues of gun control, bullying, vigilatism and the contrasting value of talk vs action, and of course, truth vs face.
"This is the West. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.".
This review of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) was written by Dave H on 09 Mar 2009.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance has generally received very positive reviews.
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