RED RIVER

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 This wasn't really a western for kids. I saw it at the old Finsbury park astoria and it wasn't until I became adult that I realised what a great film it was. wayne like in The Searchers was for once well directed.

 He showed in Hawks direction of him that unlike Richard Gere's discription of him as always being himself that he had a range.

 Wayne comes across in this as the perfect personality for the times. We are supposed to be in the mid-Victorian period I think and the film on one level  is about how hard life was for the people in the Red River area of Texas. How they tried to scrape together a living.

Despite its inherent flaw an easy case could be made for touting this as the greatest western of all time. Very easy. The mark of the 'western' genre is, for the most part, the history of pioneering the American old west. Strong, fearless men venturing to find a place of opportunity in which to settle. This epic tale focuses on failed leadership by Tom Dunson (John Wayne), on the first cattle drive down the Chisholm Trail. A man with single-minded desire for success and to make his make his mark in the expansive land in Texas. Filled with many subtle classic western-isms involving legendary gun handling, fighting Indians, forsaking women for future gains, growing beef for the good of the country and sticking to an honorable code. The flaw, as most know, is the ending - but being aware of it allows one to forget its existence and enjoy a true branding of Americana with some exquisite cinematography. This is beyond a gem folks, this is a grand piece of cinema history that rightfully deserves it place topping some for the best westerns of all time. A masterpiece of masterpieces"Stagecoach established me as a star. Red River established me as an actor. My problem after Stagecoach was I had to go back to Republic to make more standard western series for them. Then all the critics and know-it-alls jumped on my back and said Wayne was no good without Ford.




The character I played was a direct steal from Captain Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty. But when I played that, I believed in my character, really believed everything he did was right. As a consequence he didn't come off really as a heavy. Originally the part was an old man who falls apart, crying and getting all scared and cowardly, then the kid takes over....Hawks wanted to make me a blustering coward in this role. 'You'll win an Academy Award,' he said....But I knew that as a man gains more strength of character and more position in life he gets straighter backed and carries himself with a sort of nobility. So I played it as a strong man who was scared. After all, as a man you can be scared, but you can't be a coward."



Mr. Wayne's affection for Red River was illustrated by his wearing a buckle with the Dunson brand whenever appropriate in his subsequent movies. The photo to the right was taken in 1965.