Searchers
The Searchers (1956) is one of America's top one-hundred films ever made. John Ford directed this film with John Wayne as the leading role, his supporting actors/actresses were Natalie Wood, Jeffery Hunter, Vera Miles, and Ward Bond.The film tells the story of a man, Wayne, searching for his captured nice, but actually is searching for his humanity. This film dones not focus on Wayne as a hero, as much as it does on him trying to find himself. The montage, visual elements, action, and sound elements are what makes this film so great. The montage, or narative continuity and character explination is what hooks the viewer into watching the film. Narative continuity is how the film flows, or how the story is told. Throughout the movie the story is told, or percieved as if the viewer were there experiencing it all. When Ethan(Wayne) is comes home and the whole family is sitting in the livingroom by the fire they are telling the story through their dialouge and the actions. There is a part in the film that is nariated though.When Marty sends the letter back home to Laurie to tell her about his journey, she reads the letter aloud to the family and that is how that part of the film is shown to the viewers. When she reads the p
He throws himself on the ground and grabs out his knife and begins digging. Most of the actions in this film are riding, walking, and talking. The characters action is what the characters do. art about him finding a wife, the film shows much more detail than she reads. John Wayne portrays a civil war vet. The montage, visual elements, action, and sound are what make this such a great film. A quote that Ethan says through out the film to more than one person is, "That'll be the day". Sound effects are also used through out this whole movie. Through their body language they can almost say more than words. At the very beginning of the film when Ethan returns home, his nephew Aaron asks him, "How was California," and Ethan replies, " California? How should I know?. Riding throught out most of the film are Ethan and Martin. The dialogue and music make the viewer hear and understand the concept of the film. Ethan seperates from Brad and Martin and follows one trail of the Comanche and Brad and Martin follow the other. The visual elements are the use of the camera and the light and color.
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