These items are shipped from and sold by different sellers. I liked this atypical and deservedly famous 1954 western. But I had no idea the movie itself was done so well and was such a riveting story. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Ray's treatment of the script is entirely tied to its content as is shown by the fact that his other westerns are treated so differently. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 September 2018. So I kept expecting that to happen somehow. Whether you see it as feminist tract, Freudian psycho-investigation or McCarthy allegory, it all amounts to an engrossing, fascinating Western experience like no other. Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. The DVD Trucolour is good as is the sound, plus English Subtitles. Closely rivaled by McCambridge who really does scare you she is so ANGRY. joan with a gun, joan playing piano, joan on a horse, joan in charge!! this movie wasnt as famous as the hollywood scandal revolving around the two actresses, but who cares?? Where Ennio Morricone invokes Wagner with his use of leitmotifs, giving each character a different theme, Ray invokes Verdi and Puccini with the film's 'chorus' scenes (the first group encounter at "Vienna's" is long and especially reminiscent of the Verdi of say Simon Boccanegra) and intimate arias and duets between characters, the composer Victor Young's music sweeping the action along with tremendous subtlety and gushing drama when required. Please try again. It's a bit over the top, but who doesn't like a catfight? I have to recomend this as "essential viewing" to anyone who loves cinema, and western fans will find much to enjoy. The film was a huge influence on Sergio Leone in Once Upon a Time in the West, with characters named after musical instruments, a story revolving around the building of a railroad community and by the use of operatic conventions. An Arizona saloonkeeper and her gunfighter lover face a loudmouthed woman's mob. I had the idea it much more B than A. I'll tell you one thing, I can't remember the last time I hated a woman in a movie so much as that bloodthirsty psycho Emma. We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads. Recommended to all lovers of westerns. Joan Crawford looks to have stepped straight out of a silent film (I thought also of Gloria Swanson in Wilder's Sunset Boulevard) while Mercedes McCambridge plays an evil harridan as if she was Countess Eboli from Verdi's Don Carlos or the Wicked Witch of the West from Fleming's The Wizard of Oz - take your pick! Still, if you love Crawford films like I do, you will want this in your collection. “Johnny Guitar” is a very strange brew of a film, one of those great eccentric creations seemingly from an alternative universe, whose reputation has grown so much since its release that in 2008 it was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. The film was a huge influence on Sergio Leone in Once Upon a Time in the West, with characters named after musical instruments, a story revolving around the building of a railroad community and by the use of operatic conventions. The acting is extraordinarily melodramatic, especially that of the two leading ladies. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 13, 2013. The sharp picture and lush colors really stick out and excite the senses. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. This totally bonkers western starts with a series of explosions in the dusty hills of Arizona, and ends with a cathartic gunfight and a clinch that is something of an anti-climax after so much overwrought, perverse craziness. You're nothing but a railroad tramp who's not fit to live amongst decent people. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Women replace men as the main protagonists and by giving everything a very artificial feel (use of color, especially the anarchic use of the colors red, white, black and the muting of blue) and resorting to operatic excess, Ray conjurs up a film of many layers of interpretation. Please expect a delivery time of 5-7 days. Many many thanks!! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Order it now. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 15, 2014. These have been elucidated elsewhere by other reviewers. The DVD is budget priced, so grab it if you can. © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. As Martin Scorsese points out in his introduction on the DVD the film breaks all of the rules of the genre, emphasizing emotion and melodramatic excess over the usual classic (re Fordian) simplicity of the Wild West. Audiences were likely just curious to see this Joan Crawford Western, two concepts that simply don’t belong together: Crawford, the usually Adrian-gowned queen of melodramas, and Westerns, the domain of John Wayne, Randolph Scott and Roy Rogers.. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Every scene barring the outside chase scenes feels like an operatic set-piece and it would be easy to criticise the film for being too over the top (I can readily understand American 1954 audiences laughing at the time). They obviously only have a very small library of recordings that survived so the songs get played again & again. It's amazing that for how popular this movie is I had never seen it till I just watched here on Prime. I try and view it as a "Western with a difference" and leave the theorising to others. Approved third parties also use these tools in connection with our display of ads. Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features. Crawford by her own admission hated this film. Below, more of my impressions, with some limited SPOILERS. Joan Crawford looks to have stepped straight out of a silent film (I thought also of Gloria Swanson in Wilder's Sunset Boulevard) while Mercedes McCambridge plays an evil harridan as if she was Countess Eboli from Verdi's Don Carlos or the Wicked Witch of the West from Fleming's The Wizard of Oz - take your pick! Amazon's Choice recommends highly rated and well-priced products. You're nothing but a railroad tramp who's not fit to live amongst decent people. Unable to add item to List. The sharp picture and lush colors really stick out and excite the senses. Clark Gable - The Signature Collection (Dancing Lady / China Seas / San Francisco /... To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 September 2014. The acting is extraordinarily melodramatic, especially that of the two leading ladies. Whether you see it as feminist tract, Freudian psycho-investigation or McCarthy allegory, it all amounts to an engrossing, fascinating Western experience like no other. Directed by Nicholas Ray. Extras are an Intro by Martin Scorsese. Customers who … One of my favourite western movies of all time with Joan Crawford playing the major part.

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