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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (DVD) Checkpoint In John Ford`s stark, melancholy swan song for the conventional frontier Western, aged Senator Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) returns to the small town of Shinbone with his wife, Hallie (Vera Miles), for the funeral of his ...
In John Ford`s stark, melancholy swan song for the conventional frontier Western, aged Senator Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) returns to the small town of Shinbone with his wife, Hallie (Vera Miles), for the funeral of his friend, Tom Doniphan (John Wayne), where he recounts for reporters his relationship with the man. His arrival in the town years earlier as a newly minted lawyer had been welcomed with a vicious beating by Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin), a flamboyant thug hired by powerful business interests fearful of the lawyer`s intentions to stump for statehood. Doniphan, a rancher and feared gunman, finds Stoddard unconscious, takes him into town, and continues to protect him, particularly after coming to realize that the woman he loves cares more for the lawyer. Despite Doniphan`s warnings that the only law in the region comes at the end of a gun barrel, the stubborn lawyer insists on teaching the illiterate townspeople about the rule of law in a democratic society. When Stoddard is elected as the regional delegate to the territorial convention, Valance baits the politician, a notoriously inept gunman, into a showdown.
The film, which plays like a Western version of Freud`s CIVILIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS, reflects the aging director`s ambivalence about many of the beliefs that had animated his earlier work. Shot on two soundstages because of a limited budget and Ford`s poor health, THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE blends a stripped-down look with an intentionally fractured, ambiguous narrative to stand as a haunting elegy for the fearless gunman, the endless wilderness, and the loss of freedom their vanishing betokens.
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Director: John Ford
ACTORS: John Wayne, James Stewart, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles, Dutton Peabody
Galaxy Angel - Vol. 1: What`s Cooking? (DVD)
Young Milfeulle Sakuraba wants to do more than save misplaced kittens and deliver packages. As a new member of the Transvaal Empire military`s Angel Brigade, she wants to join the others on searches for relics know as Lost Technology, not that anyone actually knows what these relics look like. Saving the galaxy is hard work, but Milfeulle isn`t afraid!NR"
Dead Man (DVD)
In bringing his distinct vision to the Western genre, writer-director Jim Jarmusch has created a quasi-mystical avant-garde drama that remains a deeply spiritual viewing experience. After losing his parents and fiancie, a Cleveland accountant named William Blake (a remarkable Johnny Depp) spends all his money and takes a train to the frontier town of Machine in order to work at a factory. Upon arriving in Machine, he is denied his expected job and finds himself a fugitive after murdering a man in self-defense. Wounded and helpless, Blake is befriended by Nobody (Gary Farmer), a wandering Native American who considers him to be a ghostly manifestation of the famous poet. Nobody aids Blake in his flight from three bumbling bounty hunters, preparing him for his final journey--a return to the world of the spirits.
Jarmusch once again employs the beautifully contrasted black-and-white photography of Robby M|ller, which sets a poetic, dreamy mood. He also fades in and out of scenes in order to better reflect Blakes dazed, weak mental state. Adding an even greater depth to the film is Neil Youngs haunting score, which completes the overall effect. DEAD MAN stands firmly as a timeless work of art whose impact only increases upon subsequent viewings.R"
Director: Jim Jarmusch
ACTORS: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Lance Henriksen, Michael Wincott, Mili Avital
Subterano (DVD)
Conrad and Stone, two world-weary freedom fighters, find themselves trapped in an underground garaged fighting for their lives in a game of Subterano, a role-playing game that has become reality. Along with Conrad and Stone, nine other unfortunate victims are forced to fight for their lives against the whims of Ektoman, the God-like Gamemaster who calls the shots, which include, among other things, a deadly array of remote-control cars.R"
Director: Esben Storm
ACTORS: Alex Dimitriades, Tasma Walton, Alison Whyte, Kate Sherman, Jason Stojanovsky
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross: TV Series Box Set 3 (DVD)
SUPER DIMENSION FORTRESS MACROSS is the original Japanese language version of the first MACROSS series, which was also released in an English dub as ROBOTECH LEGACY: MACROSS SAGA. An involving and exciting space opera that has been immensely popular since its release, MACROSS is a landmark anime. In these episodes, the brutality of war has inflamed the passions of many on the human side, and no one has provoked as much attention as Hikaru, who has found herself courted by a number of suitors. While the war keeps raging and appears to show no signs of abating, Hikaru seems to be ready to corral her emotions and settle down with one man. Contains episodes 25-36.NR"
