For all the Technicolor splendours of the trek through the desert, Ford’s maudlin religiosity, on display here in excess, is a difficult barrier to get past. As this was the second of two problematic independent productions (following on The Fugitive, equally weighed down by Ford’s religious belief), perhaps it’s a sign of how the heavy hand of a producer like Zanuck could be good for Ford’s art – The Prisoner of Shark Island,Young Mr. Lincoln, Drums Along The Mohawk, The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, My Darling Clementine: a roll-call of far superior films.
by Ian Johnston | Source: WB DVD
28 Jan 2007 3:09 AM | Submit Comment
