John Ford
With Erik Nelson’s most recent documentary, Apocalypse ’45 is both a commemoration and an elegy that refuses to choose sides.
Luchino Visconti, Raoul Walsh, Tex Avery, and a set of John Ford films all received new home video releases, let’s take a look.
In this week’s Video Dispatches, we cover the home video releases of Ma (2019), The Reflecting Skin (1990) and Wagon Master (1950).
In this week’s Video Dispatches, we take a look at the recent reissues of the classics Wanda (1971), A Face In The Crowd (1957), and The Whole Town’s Talking (1935).
In our latest collaboration, we discuss cinematic worlds we want to live in, ranging from John Ford’s Westerns to Jacques Demy’s musicals.
Despite a reputation as an open minded viewer willing to watch cinema of all genres, I have a confession to make: I struggle with Westerns, with many widely acclaimed masterpieces leaving me cold for no easily discernible reason. As much as I love Sergio Leone and many recently made “revisionist Westerns”, how the cornerstones of the genre (the majority of which are directed by John Ford) earned their classic status is unfathomable to me.
When asked about who his favourite American directors were, Orson Welles replied: “I prefer the old masters; by which I mean: John Ford, John Ford and John Ford.