Revisiting Directors - John Ford

[dreamdead]

Welcome to the typically late Month entry, this time re-focusing on John Ford's work. I pity the person who'll compile this massive list. :|

Spinal? Wanna do a list? :pritch:

http://www.icicom.up.pt/blog/pipoca/arquivos/john_ford.jpg

[MacGuffin]

Definitely going to try and catch up with some more of his films these next few weeks (we are going to extend this, right?). There are a few on Netflix Instant Watch that I'm particularly interested in.

[Raiders]

The Informer (1935) 6.5
Stagecoach (1939) 7.5
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) 8.0
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) 9.0
How Green Was My Valley (1941) 5.5
My Darling Clementine (1946) 8.0
Fort Apache (1948) 5.0
3 Godfathers (1948) 8.5
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) 6.0
Rio Grande (1950) 6.0
The Quiet Man (1952) 5.0
The Searchers (1956) 8.5
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) 8.5
Cheyenne Autumn (1964) 4.0
7 Women (1966) 9.0

[Heidi]

Spinal? Wanna do a list? :pritch:



lol
people around these parts are seriously obsessed with lists. some next level shit right here.

[kopello]

The Searchers - 7

hm...

[Philosophe_rouge]

Mary Queen of Scotland 5
Stagecoach 7.5
How Green was my Valley 9
Tobacco Road 7.5
My Darling Clementine 10
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 7
The Quiet Man 7
Mister Roberts 7
The Searchers 10
Seargeant Rutledge 8.5
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 8

[soitgoes...]

The Iron Horse (1924) - 8.0
3 Bad Men (1926) - 6.0
Hangman’s House (1928) - 7.0
Born Reckless (1930) - 7.0
Pilgrimage (1933) - 6.0
Judge Priest (1934) - 6.5
The Lost Patrol (1934) - 6.5
The Informer (1935) - 7.0
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) - 4.5
The Hurricane (1937) - 7.5
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) - 4.0
Stagecoach (1939) - 8.5
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) - 6.0
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) - 9.5
How Green Was My Valley (1941) - 7.5
They Were Expendable (1945) - 6.0
My Darling Clementine (1946) - 7.0
The Fugitive (1947) - 8.5
3 Godfathers (1948) - 7.0
Fort Apache (1948) - 6.0
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) - 6.5
Rio Grande (1950) - 5.0
Wagon Master (1950) - 7.0
The Quiet Man (1952) - 6.5
Mogambo (1953) - 6.0
The Searchers (1956) - 8.5
The Horse Soldiers (1959) - 6.0
How the West Was Won (1962) - 5.0
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) - 9.0
7 Women (1966) - 6.0

[Yxklyx]

The Lost Patrol - 5
The Informer - 7
Stagecoach - 8
The Grapes of Wrath - 9
How Green Was My Valley - 5
My Darling Clementine - 7
Fort Apache - 2
The Quiet Man - 3
The Searchers - 9
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - 4

He's very hit and miss for me.

[baby doll]

How Green Was My Valley? (1941) [4]
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon? (1949) [6]
The Searchers (1956) [10]
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) [7]

I need to re-watch The Grapes of Wrath and My Darling Clementine.

[baby doll]

http://www.icicom.up.pt/blog/pipoca/arquivos/john_ford.jpgAnybody else think he kinda looks like M. Hulot in that picture?

[Grouchy]

The Searchers - 7

hm...
You have work to do, son.

More rating directors? Ok.

The Informer - 9
Drums Along the Mohawk - 5
Stagecoach - 9
My Darling Clementine - 10
3 Godfathers - 9
Fort Apache - 8
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon - 7
Rio Grande - 7
The Searchers - 10
The Horse Soldiers - 6
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - 10

[MacGuffin]

Anybody else think he kinda looks like M. Hulot in that picture?

Definitely.

[Rowland]

The Informer - 9
Stagecoach - 9
My Darling Clemintine - 8
The Searchers - 8
7 Women - 8.5

7 Women is playing on TCM sometime in the next few days for those interested, I already have it set to record in my DVR.

[Edited for 7 Women]

[B-side]

Stagecoach (1939) - 7.5
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) - 7.5
How Green Was My Valley (1941) - 8.5
My Darling Clementine (1946) - 8
The Searchers (1956) - 9
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) - 8

[Rowland]

I also just discovered that Mister Roberts (apparently co-directed by Mervyn Le Roy) is on TCM today as well.

[dreamdead]

Stagecoach (1939) - 8
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) - 8
Rio Grande (1950) - 5.5
The Searchers (1956) - 7
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) - 8.5

Still can't believe that this is all the more of his work I've seen. What's mandatory that I'm still missing?

[B-side]

Still can't believe that this is all the more of his work I've seen. What's mandatory that I'm still missing?

How Green Was My Valley and My Darling Clementine, at least.

[Raiders]

Stagecoach (1939) - 8
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) - 8
Rio Grande (1950) - 5.5
The Searchers (1956) - 7
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) - 8.5

Still can't believe that this is all the more of his work I've seen. What's mandatory that I'm still missing?

3 Godfathers, 7 Women (today on TCM at 2pm EST!) and My Darling Clementine.

[Rowland]

7 Women I'll second this recommendation. Talk about a buried, underrated gem.

[origami_mustache]

Stagecoach - 8
The Searchers - 6

[Boner M]

Just watched Wagon Master, hopefully a start to my belated Ford kick (I've seen most of his major films, but that was ages ago). I began with this one since Kent Jones had it in his Sight & Sound top ten of all time, and though I imagine it plays better for the Ford-aversed, it's still pretty great; almost weirdly plotless, and more of a showcase for the spectacle of a vast bunch of disparate types - whores, mormons, thieves, etc - interacting together. There's a real poetry to the lingering closeups on the actors' faces during their reaction shots, of which there are many. A prototypical termite art film, and one I'd like to revisit some day (esp. since the VHS copy I watched was lousy as fuck and the cropping severely diminished the compositons, rendered the dialogue unintelligible, etc etc).

[Rowland]

Judge Priest (1934) - 6.5
The Informer (1935) - 9
Stagecoach (1939) - 9
My Darling Clemintine (1946) - 8
This is Korea! (1951) - 5
The Searchers (1956) - 8
7 Women (1966) - 8.5

[Sxottlan]

Stagecoach: 10
How Green Was My Valley: 8
The Searchers: 10
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: 7

Why do I always think I've seen more of his films than I really have?

I think it's just that I've seen bits and pieces of his other stuff.