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This radical re-reading of Ford's work studies his films in the context of his complex character, demonstrating their immense intelligence and their profound critique of our culture.
Publisher : University of California Press (April 20, 1988)
Language : English
Paperback : 600 pages
ISBN-10 : 0520063341
ISBN-13 : 978-0520063341
Item Weight : 1.8 pounds
Dimensions : 6 x 1.1 x 8.88 inches
Reviewer: Classics Collector
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Strong
Review: An authoritative tome on all things John Ford Films. Kudos to the author for all his research. This one is more on the academic side, Scott Eyman's John Ford The Complete Films is more fun but not as thorough as this one....A hybrid of the two would be definitive. Get both if you are a Ford fan.
Reviewer: Tim&Gloria L
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: John Ford Studies
Review: Valuable information on Joh Ford's life, artistic talent and film criticism.
Reviewer: Stuart E. Lawrence Jr.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: Great series.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: All the bio (as well as analysis) that you could ever need!
Review: I don't think customer Lee Kane is quite right when he says that Tag Gallagher's labour-of-love book is mainly about the films. Gallagher's writing is spare and lean but he gives at least as much biography as the purely biographical books.
Reviewer: The striking cobra
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Lean Beef
Review: Sparse book with little new revealed about Ford or his movies. Ford's film methods and his hard and cruel treatment of many actors (which is well-known) are covered. The book doesn't really let the reader know much about the man. It was interesting to find out Ford had a love affair with Katherine Hepburn. You have to wonder how many men she did sleep with to get parts in pictures?
Reviewer: Steven Daedalus
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Pretty Good.
Review: I found it a reasonably comprehensive review of John Ford and his films. True, it's mostly about the movies, but then Gallagher wasn't a member of the in-group -- or even the out-group. For more on Ford the man, see the work of some of the people who have worked with him. Even Harry Carey, Jr., has something interesting to say about Pappy. And, after all, Ford and his family aren't exactly neglected. On the first few pages we find a genealogical tree of the family, beginning with his grandfather.Nor did it seem academic to me. The prose is clean and there is no abstruse theorizing, not even a nod to politique des auteurs. I should add that, as a retired academic myself, I find most things not very academic, even the academic stuff.Gallagher, as an outsider who had a brief correspondence with Ford, doesn't try to psychoanalyze the notorious liar but his presents a perceptive picture of Ford's career, divided into semi-independent periods, as a glance at the table of contents will show. The author has also included enough pictures that, after a while, the photos of Ford as he continues to age seem to morph into one another like Rembrandt's self portraits.It makes sense. I enjoyed reading it.
Reviewer: Grigory's Girl
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: One of the best books on John Ford...
Review: This is one of the better books out there about John Ford. Ford is one of the greatest American directors ever, and arugably the best director to ever emerge from the studio system (some may disagree on that a bit). Tag Gallagher talks about all phases of Ford's career, from stunt man/prop person to masterful director. Ford directed over 200 (!) films, and almost all of them were classics or near classics. Only until the end of his career did Ford become a little sloppy, but even then, many of his films were still damn good.Gallagher talks about Ford's relationships with studios, actors, actresses, and specific films (including really hard to find films of Ford's, like Rising of the Moon, Gideon's Day, The Sun Shines Bright, and Seven Women, Ford's last feature). Gallagher goes into a myriad of details about almost every film, but his deepest analysis goes into two films, The Sun Shines Bright (Ford's favorite of all his work), and Ford's final feature, Seven Women, which is arguably his most underrated film and one of the most unique films in his entire canon. In fact, Gallagher dedicates nearly 15 pages of his book to Seven Women, including a reprint of a letter sent to him by none other than Ford himself. Ford thanked him for his support, and even said he felt it was one of his best films.This is a delightful book for anyone interested in John Ford. Ford's films still resonate today, and this book will enhance them beautifully.
Reviewer: "joeccosta"
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: John Ford's films
Review: If one is searching for a biography of John Ford, this is not the book. (A suggestion--Scott Eyman's "Print the Legend" Another, with a slightly different emphasis but still with insightful observations--"John Wayne's America" by Garry Wills.) But as an analysis of specific Ford films as well as the themes he used throughout his career, this book is invaluable. Gallagher's style is a bit too academic at times, but he offers some interesting observations (His examination of the structure of "The Searchers" is particularly memorable).
Reviewer: Lele
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Spedizione precisa, il volume era nelle condizioni descritte, nulla da eccepire.
Reviewer: Guegan Gerard
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: OK