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| The first introduction to Tombstone depicts the town as unruly and full of people bustling throughout the night. Within the first few seconds of being in the town the Earps almost got killed by stray bullets. Tombstone stands as a representation for the stereotypical idea of a lawless western town. The original marshal and his deputies all quit within seconds to avoid doing their job. Everyone in Tombstone is shown as quick to anger and immediately resorting to violence. Another instance is when the town shows up at the theatre hall and when Thorndyke is not there the enter town bursts into anger and try to attack the theatre owner. While we discussed how boom towns and towns in the west often had violence, **the sheer level of violence present in Tombstone seems unlikely and is surly very embellished. So while it does show different accurate types of violence that occurred in western towns it over exaggerates the violence in one town**. --- // | The first introduction to Tombstone depicts the town as unruly and full of people bustling throughout the night. Within the first few seconds of being in the town the Earps almost got killed by stray bullets. Tombstone stands as a representation for the stereotypical idea of a lawless western town. The original marshal and his deputies all quit within seconds to avoid doing their job. Everyone in Tombstone is shown as quick to anger and immediately resorting to violence. Another instance is when the town shows up at the theatre hall and when Thorndyke is not there the enter town bursts into anger and try to attack the theatre owner. While we discussed how boom towns and towns in the west often had violence, **the sheer level of violence present in Tombstone seems unlikely and is surly very embellished. So while it does show different accurate types of violence that occurred in western towns it over exaggerates the violence in one town**. --- // | ||
| - | While this film is one of the best westerns ever made, it is historically very inaccurate, no surprise given that it is based on the fictional biography of Wyatt Earp written by Stuart Lake. Clementine Carter was not a real person, the Earps did not do most of the jobs that they are seen doing before arriving in Tombstone, and Wyatt Earp met Doc Holliday way before their meeting in the film, along with a litany of other inaccuracies. | + | While this film is one of the best westerns ever made, it is historically very inaccurate, |
| - | This film included a ton of historical inaccuracies which is disappointing considering the fact that John Ford knew the actual Wyatt Earp. One main error that I noticed is the reason the Earp brothers moved to Tombstone. In reality, Virgil got a marshal appointment there and the other brothers followed. Wyatt was friends with Doc Holliday prior to arriving in Tombstone, AZ. Also, the two women, Clementine and Chihuahua, weren’t real people. Wyatt and Doc both had women who are pretty recognizable, | + | This film included a ton of historical inaccuracies which is disappointing considering the fact that John Ford knew the actual Wyatt Earp. One main error that I noticed is the reason the Earp brothers moved to Tombstone. In reality, Virgil got a marshal appointment there and the other brothers followed. Wyatt was friends with Doc Holliday prior to arriving in Tombstone, AZ. Also, the two women, Clementine and Chihuahua, weren’t real people. Wyatt and Doc both had women who are pretty recognizable, |
| - | The biggest error that I noticed throughout the movie was the portrayal of Doc Holliday. In the movie he is depicted as a grouchy surgeon who fled West without telling anyone why. The reality was a dentist who fled to the West to help with his TB cough. Also Doc and Wyatt are pretty hostile to each other in the movie. To my knowledge from what we talked about in class, they weren’t. | + | **The biggest error that I noticed throughout the movie was the portrayal of Doc Holliday. In the movie he is depicted as a grouchy surgeon who fled West without telling anyone why. The reality was a dentist who fled to the West to help with his TB cough. Also Doc and Wyatt are pretty hostile to each other in the movie. To my knowledge from what we talked about in class, they weren’t.** --- // |
| To add on What Mary-Margret said, Wyatt Earp and his brothers were never cattle drivers.--- // | To add on What Mary-Margret said, Wyatt Earp and his brothers were never cattle drivers.--- // | ||
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| Errors in Facts... Where to begin? This movie was a strong representation of what a ' | Errors in Facts... Where to begin? This movie was a strong representation of what a ' | ||
| - | What's wrong with //My Darling Clementine//? | + | What's wrong with //My Darling Clementine//? |
| - | Throughout the semester we have found that films have a tendency to romanticize and over exaggerate the past in ways that provide for dramatic effect and entertainment. Further, we have seen that historical movies tend to take names from the past along with simplified storylines in an effort to attain a respectable level of accuracy, such as in Pocahontas. My Darling Clementine is no exception to this rule. While the film touches on certain aspects of life in the West it is more accurate at depicting 1940s perceptions of the frontier life. As discussed in the readings and in lecture, women’s lives were not glamorous and leisurely. While it was implied that Chihuahua made money off of the tips of the men, they did not convey the typical life of a saloon prostitute/ dancer as it would have been. This film not only glosses over general details of historical reality but also completely reinvents the story of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. Earp was depicted as an honest ‘hero’ trying to bring justice for his murdered brother. The Earp brothers appear to have accidentally stumbled upon Tombstone as opposed to looking for a town to reinvent themselves. | + | **Throughout the semester we have found that films have a tendency to romanticize and over exaggerate the past in ways that provide for dramatic effect and entertainment. Further, we have seen that historical movies tend to take names from the past along with simplified storylines in an effort to attain a respectable level of accuracy, such as in Pocahontas. My Darling Clementine is no exception to this rule. While the film touches on certain aspects of life in the West it is more accurate at depicting 1940s perceptions of the frontier life. As discussed in the readings and in lecture, women’s lives were not glamorous and leisurely. While it was implied that Chihuahua made money off of the tips of the men, they did not convey the typical life of a saloon prostitute/ dancer as it would have been. This film not only glosses over general details of historical reality but also completely reinvents the story of Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday. Earp was depicted as an honest ‘hero’ trying to bring justice for his murdered brother. The Earp brothers appear to have accidentally stumbled upon Tombstone as opposed to looking for a town to reinvent themselves.** --- // |
| - | As I recall, we learned in class that the shootout lasted 20-30 seconds. | + | **As I recall, we learned in class that the shootout lasted 20-30 seconds. |
| - | There were almost too many historical errors in the film to count. This is not surprising, since the author of the book, Stuart Lake, made up almost everything in his " | + | There were almost too many historical errors in the film to count. This is not surprising, since the author of the book, Stuart Lake, made up almost everything in his " |
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| - | One of the most initial and pressing errors to address in the film //My Darling Clementine// | + | One of the most initial and pressing errors to address in the film //My Darling Clementine// |
| For starters, based on class discussion: Wyatt Earp was most definitely NOT the ex-cop with the troubled past that the beginning of the film made him out to be. Nor did his brother James Earp die from cattle rustlers, thus giving Wyatt some kind of vengeance angle to go about becoming the Marshal in Tombstone. In fact, James Earp was the respectable older brother that ran a saloon in Tombstone and lived LONGER than his younger siblings, save for Wyatt. Plus, there was not some well-known prostitute in Tombstone named ' | For starters, based on class discussion: Wyatt Earp was most definitely NOT the ex-cop with the troubled past that the beginning of the film made him out to be. Nor did his brother James Earp die from cattle rustlers, thus giving Wyatt some kind of vengeance angle to go about becoming the Marshal in Tombstone. In fact, James Earp was the respectable older brother that ran a saloon in Tombstone and lived LONGER than his younger siblings, save for Wyatt. Plus, there was not some well-known prostitute in Tombstone named ' | ||
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| There was not much historically accurate in this film. One thing they got right was the number of brothers that Wyatt Earp had. The film included the Clantons, so that is correct but it left out other “Cowboys.” --- // | There was not much historically accurate in this film. One thing they got right was the number of brothers that Wyatt Earp had. The film included the Clantons, so that is correct but it left out other “Cowboys.” --- // | ||
| - | Two things that the movie got right would be that Wyatt had different jobs that he bounced from, like at the beginning he was a cattle rancher than he became the Marshall of Tombstone. In real life, he did much more, but I thought the movie did some justice by it. Also the fact that Wyatt gambled, I thought the fact that the movie got this right was important. | + | **Two things that the movie got right would be that Wyatt had different jobs that he bounced from, like at the beginning he was a cattle rancher than he became the Marshall of Tombstone. In real life, he did much more, but I thought the movie did some justice by it. Also the fact that Wyatt gambled, I thought the fact that the movie got this right was important.** --- // |
| One thing I believe the more got right was the emotional side of Earp, they showed to him be human and have errors, though they were not as many as he truly had, but they were able to encapsulate that fact that he did have emotions. --- // | One thing I believe the more got right was the emotional side of Earp, they showed to him be human and have errors, though they were not as many as he truly had, but they were able to encapsulate that fact that he did have emotions. --- // | ||
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| - | I'm not entirely sure if this can be considered an accuracy based on how white people viewed Native Americans, or an inaccuracy based on what we know, but the way that Indians were looked down on as second class citizens was accurate to the time period. --- // | + | ** |
| + | I'm not entirely sure if this can be considered an accuracy based on how white people viewed Native Americans, or an inaccuracy based on what we know, but the way that Indians were looked down on as second class citizens was accurate to the time period.** --- // | ||
| The film did get a few facts correct. Tombstone was a boomtown. It would have had saloons, gambling halls, and it would have been fairly chaotic at night. The film did show that some people moved to these boomtowns to find their fortunes, others to farm or ranch, and others to try to con people. " | The film did get a few facts correct. Tombstone was a boomtown. It would have had saloons, gambling halls, and it would have been fairly chaotic at night. The film did show that some people moved to these boomtowns to find their fortunes, others to farm or ranch, and others to try to con people. " | ||
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| - | As my friend and I watched //My Darling Clementine//, | + | **As my friend and I watched //My Darling Clementine//, |
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| + | In reference to what Nancy said, in all likelihood the character of " | ||
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| **The two biggest issues I had with the movie were how the film depicted race along with gender roles. In one of the beginning scene Wyatt casually comes out of the barber shop to save the town from Indian Charlie. Indian Charlie is shown shooting a gun with abandon and very drunk. When Wyatt ' | **The two biggest issues I had with the movie were how the film depicted race along with gender roles. In one of the beginning scene Wyatt casually comes out of the barber shop to save the town from Indian Charlie. Indian Charlie is shown shooting a gun with abandon and very drunk. When Wyatt ' | ||
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| - | Wyatt Earp as a character is an interesting aspect to analyze how the film falls into the typical western hero. The film is a valorization Wyatt Earp and the Earps more generally. I personally felt that this film way over glamorized Wyatt into the typical strong western hero. As we learned in lecture Wyatt Earp was not so good intentioned but acted in his own best interest in affairs. While the film chooses to more accurately represent the strong family ties of the Earps it over extends Wyatt’s role as a singular lawman fighting for the good of society. --- // | + | Wyatt Earp as a character is an interesting aspect to analyze how the film falls into the typical western hero. The film is a valorization Wyatt Earp and the Earps more generally. I personally felt that this film way over glamorized Wyatt into the typical strong western hero. As we learned in lecture Wyatt Earp was not so good intentioned but acted in his own best interest in affairs. |
| - | The glorification of what once was... the revitalized, | + | The glorification of what once was... the revitalized, |
| - | The film's depictions of non-whites was pretty troubling. Of course, this isn't a surprise, but it's still important. In the Southwest, Hispanics actually made up the majority of the population. Although Tombstone was a boomtown that would have seen a lot of white migrants from the East, it seemed that Hispanics were pretty underrepresented given the historical facts. Native Americans were represented in the form of " | + | ** |
| + | The film's depictions of non-whites was pretty troubling. Of course, this isn't a surprise, but it's still important. In the Southwest, Hispanics actually made up the majority of the population. Although Tombstone was a boomtown that would have seen a lot of white migrants from the East, it seemed that Hispanics were pretty underrepresented given the historical facts. Native Americans were represented in the form of " | ||
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| - | Surely the character of Clementine was created for reasons aside from using the song... As has been pointed out, Clementine Carter is a fictional character. | + | Surely the character of Clementine was created for reasons aside from using the song... As has been pointed out, Clementine Carter is a fictional character. |
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| The messages about gender in the movie are fascinating. First, the way that Earp treats Chihuahua, roughly grabbing her, pulling her outside, and pushing her into a water trough clearly indicates to the audience that she is not a lady. Yes, this is because she is presumably a prostitute (or at least an " | The messages about gender in the movie are fascinating. First, the way that Earp treats Chihuahua, roughly grabbing her, pulling her outside, and pushing her into a water trough clearly indicates to the audience that she is not a lady. Yes, this is because she is presumably a prostitute (or at least an " | ||
| - | The other contrast is that of masculinity in the film. Earp is the clear hero, while Holliday' | + | The other contrast is that of masculinity in the film. Earp is the clear hero, while Holliday' |
| - | Why was this made into a love story? Is this entangled with the gendered and racialized messages (described above)? --Julia Peterson | + | **Why was this made into a love story? Is this entangled with the gendered and racialized messages (described above)? --Julia Peterson** |
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| + | This movie did a great a job at painting a very white version of the west . It only mentioned one minority group that followed the stereotype of drunk Indians in saloons. It made no mention of the diverse populations that were migrating out west. Where are the non-white people at? --William Roszell | ||
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| This film was made in a time when western genre films were becoming increasingly popular. In 1946 the west was still seen as an open land full of promise, but equally as harsh. Films like //My Darling Clementine// | This film was made in a time when western genre films were becoming increasingly popular. In 1946 the west was still seen as an open land full of promise, but equally as harsh. Films like //My Darling Clementine// | ||
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| It is evident when watching the movie that it is glorifying the Wild West of the past. Hollywood is known for dramatizing parts of American history, like what we saw in Gone with the Wind. It seems as though this is what happened with Earp and the true story that happened in Tombstone AZ. --- // | It is evident when watching the movie that it is glorifying the Wild West of the past. Hollywood is known for dramatizing parts of American history, like what we saw in Gone with the Wind. It seems as though this is what happened with Earp and the true story that happened in Tombstone AZ. --- // | ||
| - | The movie glorifies the west much like many other movies that come out during this time. However, the way the movie portrayed the drunk Indian and how Wyatt Earp dealt with him is fitting for the 1940s when this film came out. Depictions of Native Americans, still not perfect today, were filled with stereotypes and racist caricatures. | + | **The movie glorifies the west much like many other movies that come out during this time. However, the way the movie portrayed the drunk Indian and how Wyatt Earp dealt with him is fitting for the 1940s when this film came out. Depictions of Native Americans, still not perfect today, were filled with stereotypes and racist caricatures.** |
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| - | The movie definitely spoke to the time in which it was made. John Ford’s success alone speaks to a general acceptance and good reception among Americans at the time toward his depiction of history. At a time when the country was being tried by war, Hollywood played a major role in cementing a (pretty unfounded) sense of national identity as a primarily white, Christian, masculine country. Ford applied this identity to history. Earp and Doc Holliday are the symbolic heroes upholding law and order, taming the rough West and paving the way for the expansion of “civilization” all the way to the coast, themselves confronting and resolving some issues of their past. This picture of America ignored the roles that non-whites, women, immigrants, and anyone else who did not fit into this mid-century “American” identity. | + | The movie definitely spoke to the time in which it was made. John Ford’s success alone speaks to a general acceptance and good reception among Americans at the time toward his depiction of history. At a time when the country was being tried by war, Hollywood played a major role in cementing a (pretty unfounded) sense of national identity as a primarily white, Christian, masculine country. Ford applied this identity to history. Earp and Doc Holliday are the symbolic heroes upholding law and order, taming the rough West and paving the way for the expansion of “civilization” all the way to the coast, themselves confronting and resolving some issues of their past. This picture of America ignored the roles that non-whites, women, immigrants, and anyone else who did not fit into this mid-century “American” identity.** |
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| - | “My Darling Clementine” has no shortage of elements that characterize the 1940’s, a time when story telling was more imperative in cinema than fact telling historic events. As far as the story, this film (to me) is the embodiment of the (now Classic) Western genre which was hugely popular at that time. The film’s cast is comprised of actors who display the typical Hollywood, glamorous features/ | + | “My Darling Clementine” has no shortage of elements that characterize the 1940’s, a time when story telling was more imperative in cinema than fact telling historic events. As far as the story, this film (to me) is the embodiment of the (now Classic) Western genre which was hugely popular at that time. **The film’s cast is comprised of actors who display the typical Hollywood, glamorous features/ |
| + | My Darling Clementine is a classic western that attempts to depict the definition of what a manliness in 1940’s .--William Roszell | ||
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| - | The movie reflects the way people romanticize the idea of outlaws and cowboys shown in the description of the Popular Account of the Death of Jesse James. In both, people who were never there and do not know what really happened tell a story of what they think to have happened even if it is not the full truth or in such detail. In the case of the primary source, they used flowery language and what they think may have went down to make the story sound better. In the movie they use a fictional retelling of an event to make it sound better. --- // | + | **The movie reflects the way people romanticize the idea of outlaws and cowboys shown in the description of the Popular Account of the Death of Jesse James. In both, people who were never there and do not know what really happened tell a story of what they think to have happened even if it is not the full truth or in such detail. In the case of the primary source, they used flowery language and what they think may have went down to make the story sound better. In the movie they use a fictional retelling of an event to make it sound better**. --- // |
| - | The movie didn't go into travel and homestead life very much, but the reading involving the letters from Western women were insightful in better placing the real world around the characters. The movie really took no time to make the female characters significant outside of their romantic affiliations. We never got to learn about Clementine' | + | **The movie didn't go into travel and homestead life very much, but the reading involving the letters from Western women were insightful in better placing the real world around the characters. The movie really took no time to make the female characters significant outside of their romantic affiliations. We never got to learn about Clementine' |
| In Teddy Roosevelt’s piece on ‘Cowboy Land’ in 1893, he states, “Out on the frontier and generally among those who spend their lives in, or on the borders of, the wilderness, life is reduced to its elemental conditions.” He dubs the frontier a place where passions and emotions are “simpler and stronger than those of people dwelling in more complicated states of society.” The describes men who live on the frontier as being “good fellows, hard-working, | In Teddy Roosevelt’s piece on ‘Cowboy Land’ in 1893, he states, “Out on the frontier and generally among those who spend their lives in, or on the borders of, the wilderness, life is reduced to its elemental conditions.” He dubs the frontier a place where passions and emotions are “simpler and stronger than those of people dwelling in more complicated states of society.” The describes men who live on the frontier as being “good fellows, hard-working, | ||
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| - | I think this movie is important to study because it probably is the most important western ever made. It’s become one of those movies that you have never seen in your life but you know so much about it just from others copying it. Personally, I had never seen the movie before (which is shocking because of the amount of westerns my family watches), but if you had asked me a week ago if I knew the song I would’ve said yes. If you had asked me if I knew the name O.K. Corral I would’ve said yes. While I was watching the movie, every time there was a shot of Monument Valley I would think of how this is such a classic western movie thing without realizing this was probably one of the movies, if not the movie, that made it famous for that. This movie is important because it is one of the movies that have made such a huge impact on our culture without many people knowing. --- // | + | I think this movie is important to study because it probably is the most important western ever made. It’s become one of those movies that you have never seen in your life but you know so much about it just from others copying it. Personally, I had never seen the movie before (which is shocking because of the amount of westerns my family watches), but if you had asked me a week ago if I knew the song I would’ve said yes. If you had asked me if I knew the name O.K. Corral I would’ve said yes. While I was watching the movie, every time there was a shot of Monument Valley I would think of how this is such a classic western movie thing without realizing this was probably one of the movies, if not the movie, that made it famous for that. **This movie is important because it is one of the movies that have made such a huge impact on our culture without many people knowing.** --- // |
| - | While this movie has practically no historical accuracy within it, except the names of the male main characters, it serves as a separate piece of American history categorized in the classic genre of Westerns. The themes in this movie are hardly realistic in general, capturing the idealized West better than any event in particular. The (male) characters are cool, morally defined, and interesting. The plot is exciting. But historically it means nothing. Of course, there’s no getting around its harmful stereotypes of Native American and Mexican cultures, and the women are next to nothing in terms of plot. These issues are worthy of contesting in the historical discussion of the West, and yet I have to give this movie a pass; it’s not nearly as bad as some of the ones we’ve watched so far. In fact, this is probably because the movie doesn’t feel historical at all. It doesn’t try to highlight or flesh out any of the cultures it uses in the background, so the inaccuracies and offenses can’t bubble to the surface more than a couple times. I would kill to see people of color and women who aren’t either background filler or helpless without their white men, but this movie could have been worse in those areas. I would sooner accept it as a pretty decent Western than consider it a historical account of the events at the O.K. Corral. | + | While this movie has practically no historical accuracy within it, except the names of the male main characters, it serves as a separate piece of American history categorized in the classic genre of Westerns. The themes in this movie are hardly realistic in general, capturing the idealized West better than any event in particular. The (male) characters are cool, morally defined, and interesting. The plot is exciting. But historically it means nothing. Of course, there’s no getting around its harmful stereotypes of Native American and Mexican cultures, and the women are next to nothing in terms of plot. **These issues are worthy of contesting in the historical discussion of the West, and yet I have to give this movie a pass; it’s not nearly as bad as some of the ones we’ve watched so far. In fact, this is probably because the movie doesn’t feel historical at all. It doesn’t try to highlight or flesh out any of the cultures it uses in the background, so the inaccuracies and offenses can’t bubble to the surface more than a couple times. I would kill to see people of color and women who aren’t either background filler or helpless without their white men, but this movie could have been worse in those areas. I would sooner accept it as a pretty decent Western than consider it a historical account of the events at the O.K. Corral.** --- // |
| - | Films and TV shows about Wyatt Earp and the Gunfight at the OK Corral have been made countless times over (Earp has probably been depicted upwards of fifty times). I am personally partial to Tombstone (1993) and have read that it is one of the most accurate of the Wyatt Earp portrayals. I have learned about Wyatt Earp a little bit on various documentaries and such and Earp’s true character always surprises me. He thought so much of himself that he actually sought after biographers and filmmakers to tell his story. Why has Wyatt Earp become such an iconic Western figure? Does he deserve this many depictions of himself? Oh, and P.S.- John Wayne actually met Wyatt Earp when he was really young and trying to get into acting and used him as inspiration for his later Western characters. | + | Films and TV shows about Wyatt Earp and the Gunfight at the OK Corral have been made countless times over (Earp has probably been depicted upwards of fifty times). I am personally partial to Tombstone (1993) and have read that it is one of the most accurate of the Wyatt Earp portrayals. I have learned about Wyatt Earp a little bit on various documentaries and such and Earp’s true character always surprises me. He thought so much of himself that he actually sought after biographers and filmmakers to tell his story. |
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| - | I feel like since this movie was so important, it set the bar for those to come and became a pinnacle to mimic in future films of this genre. This film sets the tone for a film fantasy we have of "The West" in film. " John Ford’s permanent authority in film history maintains his influence over today’s directors, most significantly those of the Western, few as they may be, by outlining the tools that every new addition into the genre either conforms to, or, in the case of Revisionist Westerns, uses as a platform to operate against. Ford’s themes and techniques could be found in any number of Westerns from his era or since" http:// | + | I feel like since this movie was so important, it set the bar for those to come and became a pinnacle to mimic in future films of this genre. This film sets the tone for a film fantasy we have of "The West" in film. " John Ford’s permanent authority in film history maintains his influence over today’s directors, most significantly those of the Western, few as they may be, by outlining the tools that every new addition into the genre either conforms to, or, in the case of Revisionist Westerns, uses as a platform to operate against. |
| There is no doubt that the film is among the worst in terms of historical inaccuracy. It should be noted, however, that this film and its director helped revitalize a genre that had largely been forgotten. It led to the Western genre boom that ran up until the 1960s. It is also culturally important as shows John Ford’s filmmaking and cinematographic genius. --- // | There is no doubt that the film is among the worst in terms of historical inaccuracy. It should be noted, however, that this film and its director helped revitalize a genre that had largely been forgotten. It led to the Western genre boom that ran up until the 1960s. It is also culturally important as shows John Ford’s filmmaking and cinematographic genius. --- // | ||
| - | Why do we expect westerns to be historically accurate? | + | **Why do we expect westerns to be historically accurate? |
| This was one of the original westerns; it has many tropes associated with the genre. There' | This was one of the original westerns; it has many tropes associated with the genre. There' | ||
| - | So there are an obvious number of historic inaccuracies within the film (so what), but while viewing it, I decided that Ford (probably) wanted to share his interpretation of the Old West and merely used the story of Wyatt Earp as a vessel for his vision. To do this, he chose to tailor history to “his story”, placing less emphasis on factual events. For example, he decided to make Doc Holiday’s profession that of a surgeon rather than dentistry. This modification would be more useful to the story when Chihuahua requires much needed medical attention. I believe Ford’s accuracies are revealed in other aspects of the late 19th century West, like Scenery (arid and treeless), and the gender roles of people living in a lawless society where violence can breakout at a moment’s notice. --- // | + | So there are an obvious number of historic inaccuracies within the film (so what), but while viewing it, I decided that **Ford (probably) wanted to share his interpretation of the Old West and merely used the story of Wyatt Earp as a vessel for his vision.** To do this, he chose to tailor history to “his story”, placing less emphasis on factual events. For example, he decided to make Doc Holiday’s profession that of a surgeon rather than dentistry. This modification would be more useful to the story when Chihuahua requires much needed medical attention. I believe Ford’s accuracies are revealed in other aspects of the late 19th century West, like Scenery (arid and treeless), and the gender roles of people living in a lawless society where violence can breakout at a moment’s notice. --- // |
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