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Buffalo Bill 1944
''Savages, brutes, fiends! Why did I even come to this nightmare of a country?''
Maureen O'Hara's line after being untied following a raid might sum up the film. Anthony Quinn is chief's son Yellowhand (Cheyenne struggles aren't dismissed) & O'Hara's elegant sass plays well opposite McCrea's adventuring frontiersman.
A romantic, thoughtful piece of Americana in its celebrating & questioning of mythologies of the West.
8/10
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The Fleeing Dead 1936
''It's all in the advertising. You have to have advertising.''
Jules Berry and Michel Simon as the hammy bit-part players who come up with a murder plot make for a very funny farce.
The scheme to get their names up in lights of course doesn't pan out quite as planned. The running through of plans and their falling apart is played with a theatricality that calls for attention, acknowledgement, and the spotlight.
The observations on publicity and media focus make…
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The Norrtull Gang 1923
The female experience is not sanitised or made exciting here, and 'Norrtullsligan' proves to be a powerful and uncomfortable experience.
It is a film of getting by and facing awful choices in a patriarchal world of limited possibility. The dulled sense of dread in the company of a more powerful man conveys the despair and resignation that made life so tough for so many women.
A deeply memorable and observant film, with even the apparent happy collective moments masking a hard to conceal sadness.
9/10
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Farewell Johnny 1970
An absurdist and offbeat mental institution film.
Rautenbach's commentary on Apartheid South Africa through his oddball group of inmates results in an unsettling and disorientating film.
Very much recommended; it compares favourably to such great asylum titles as Blatty's 'The Ninth Configuration' and Kiisk's 'Hullumeelsus'.
9/10
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