She Wore a Yellow Ribbon [VHS] Overview
The second installment of John Ford's famous cavalry trilogy (which also includes Fort Apache and Rio Grande), this meditative Western continues the director's fascination with history's obliteration of the past. It features one of John Wayne's more sensitive performances as Capt. Nathan Brittles, a stern yet sentimental war horse who has difficulty preparing for his impending military retirement. All things considered, he refuses to leave before fulfilling his obligation to the local Indian tribe. It's a film about honor and duty as well as loneliness and mortality. And Oscar-winner Winton C. Hoch beautifully photographs it in Remington-like Technicolor tones (you've never seen such stunning cloud-covered skies). The combination of melancholy and farce (Victor McLaglen makes a perfect court jester) evokes comparisons to Shakespeare. Best of all, the scene in which Wayne fights back tears when receiving a gold watch from his troops is unforgettably bittersweet. If you view the whole trilogy, it actually makes sense to save this for last. --Bill Desowitz
Customer Reviews
... But that is saying a lot. Although the most spectacular views of the three films, the actors some of the main characters and the romance relatively uninteresting part of the story really makes this the smallest of the three films in terms of audience film.
John Wayne is incredible as a leader of troops, a lot of experience fighting Indians, when the settlers in the West of trying to tame. It portrays a commander mature, intelligent and clever who understands the missionand may, as little as possible to lose troops. His performances were posted by Ben Johnson (who began his career as Wayne's stunt double starts) supported Aide useful to what its about "Galloper" Harry Carey Jr. as four years in the army, still green behind the ears, Wayne and Victor McLaglen who drink. McLaglen is a trivial material, and a smile on the face of the collective public. Some of the supporting players are actually in the labor market, however. The worst offender JoAnn Dru,which, while beautiful, is not able to pass because it has all the castle in an uproar than their appearance, these are no more fascinating than the other young women who are stationed there. Your true love interest, John Agar, creates absolutely no heat in her scenes with her and delivers his lines in a monotone controlled, not exactly inspire the intonations calculated with the fire in the female heart. Normally, a good actress, Mildred Natwick is not simply the GAL for their share of an even more attractivewho has seen life around the fort for a long time and knows what's going on behind the scenes.
The best parts of the film are the scenes of war with the Indians, the forces on the following strains of an extraordinary session on the victory of Toro join General Custer. Their figures improved and violent behavior to make some beautiful scenes of war. lost to Wayne talk foray into the Indian camp, at peace with his old friend, an Indian chief, the control of the young warrior, is impressive.Wayne gives his willingness to make peace with his fellow talk hunting and fishing, while a little 'reconnaissance on exactly where the horses are confined. Ben Johnson when he asks: "Have you ever Tyree fear?" We see Wayne and Johnson are just as likely to be down a flight of arrows as visiting deleted peace with their lives. Wayne scene in which he uses to hide his reading glasses to read the inscription on a retirement gift that shows how the war has aged, while the army.
The award of actual film by Ford to go. A sudden storm came during the filming. to have as a cameraman caught high gear, Ford has to photograph the storm. The scenes are absolutely thrilling to watch. High won an Oscar for his work on this film, but a complaint against Ford with the cameraman, the guild to endanger his crew.
This is a superiority of Western civilization, and should especially compared with the other two are seenThe films of the trilogy (although Ford would not have thought that the three were in a special way related). The best of the three is undoubtedly Fort Apache, with a compelling story, a tour de force performance by Henry Fonda, a lovely black and white photography and editing of Nice. Rio Grande is my second favorite of the three. Wayne and Maureen O'Hara are convincing actress as mature lovers who have alienated for twenty years, but this is a record of his sonin fact the Army, Wayne, and are still hot for each other. In both of these two films, the supporting cast is an incredible task, the overall risk of stress and tensions of life outpost. See all. I think you'll be impressed.
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