The Searchers 2024 Remastered

I have been using the stay at home time resulting from the pandemic to watch several classic American westerns. The genre was highly popular through the 1950s, fell out of favor in the 1960s, and have experienced a renewal of interest of late. The best of these films, together with novels in the western genre, may help Americans think about and learn something of their country during these difficult times."The Searchers" is a 1956 film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne as Ethan Edwards, a Confederate veteran, a loner, and a wanderer who returns to the west Texas home of his brother and family in 1868. The film was successful upon its release and in the following years it achieved near-iconic stature. It is routinely included on lists of best westerns and best films. I don't remember seeing the film before watching it during the pandemic.The film immediately makes clear the abrasive, harsh character of Ethan Edwards. The Confederate veteran is unrepentant, ornery, quick with his fists and with insults, and most apparently, a racist in his attitude towards Indians. Immediately upon his return home, a group of Comanche Indians burn his brother's home to the ground killing the family with the exception of the two daughters, Lucie and Debbie (played by Natalie Wood) who are abducted. Edwards and a young man, Martin Pawley, (Jeffrey Hunter) are away at the time as the Indians have attempted to divert attention from their planned homestead burning by stealing a neighbor's cattle. Pawley has been raised by Edwards' family and has Indian blood. He becomes subject to Ethan's prejudice and ridicule. When Ethan and Pawley return, they and others in the community organize a search party to punish the Indians and to recover the young girls, if possible.The rest of the film focuses on the search, which becomes a five-year quest throughout the southwest by Edwards and Pawley. Edwards is more than willing to go on the search alone but reluctantly accepts Pawley's company. Pawley feels responsible for his adopted sisters and, more importantly, fears that Edwards will harm the girls when he finds them. Strong feelings of rape and of white women keeping company with Indian men pervade the film.The cinematography of the film is extraordinary in showing the expanse and beauty of the American West and in encouraging a love for the land. The story of the search has an immediacy to it over the long years and is easy to follow. The film is highly problematic in the questions it raises about racism and in the relationship between the settlers and the Indians. Ethan Edwards is in many respects shown throughout much of the movie as a highly flawed, biased individual.I was first puzzled and intrigued and then moved by this film. With the stature "The Searchers" has come to enjoy, the film has provoked a great deal of commentary. I took the opportunity to read some of the accessible comments to supplement watching the film. Many viewers still critique the film for what they see as its overt racism towards the Comanche. Other acknowledge the racism but find that the film itself critiques it and that Ethan Edwards gradually changes during the five year search shown in the film.The high regard in which the film is held should not blind the viewer to its ambiguities. Especially at the outset, the film may be disturbing in the attitudes of Ethan Edwards and, to a degree, of most of the other settlers. I found the movie worked for me in part because it is ethically problematic and encourages reflection by its viewers. In addition to the relationship between the settlers and the Indians, the film explores the life of a loner and probably an outlaw in the settlement of the west, as exemplified by John Wayne's character, and juxtaposes it with the path towards settlement and community. The story of the development of a common life, as compared to the life of a wandering loner, is a strong theme of the film. The cinematography and the ever-present music add to the passion this film encourages for the country.Lists of the best films, or the best of anything, have little significance. "The Searchers" both moved and troubled me. For those at home during the pandemic, watching "The Searchers" is an excellent use of time.Robin Friedman

This is one of the all time great movies. John Wayne is at his best, and the story is dark and complex.

Love this movie. Its one of my favorites ofall time with the "Duke" and Ward Bond!!

I want to say from the start that I am not a real fan of westerns and I am not a real fan of John Wayne. I found him to be a very nice looking, likeable guy but he always played "John Wayne". BUT, in this instance, and again in True Grit, playing John Wayne is the perfect thing to do. This is a movie I've never forgotten and when, rarely, it pops up on t.v. I always watch it. It just grabs you from the first gorgeous scene of the doorway. Reading the reviews was very informative as it kept me from ordering the 2 disc anniversary version and I'm usually a sucker for those. One of the reviews said that the 2 disc version was much too dark in several places. I ordered the l997 single disc version and it was beautiful. Not as digitally remastered as maybe some later versions are. If there is anyone out there that has not seen "The Searchers" because it's an old John Wayne western, then put a copy in your cart immediately. You wont be sorry. Come to think about it, maybe John Wayne was always a better actor than I thought. In small subtle ways he told me in this movie of his great love for the murdered woman which to me was the driving force behind his obsession to find the girl. I believe that he thought of her as the only remaining link with the woman he adored. I've looked at the first few scenes of this movie several times. The interaction between "Martha" and "Ethan" is beautiful to watch. Her slowly stepping back into the doorway while unable to take her eyes off his face is genius either on her part or the part of the director. With nothing but the looks on their faces and subtle body language they both convey the great love they have for each other right up until he rides away. The scene of her standing in a room alone holding his coat and rubbing her hands over it is genius, nothing less. No explanation is ever given of why they did not marry or how she came to be married to his brother. Great directing, possibly even greater acting. This is John Wayne's masterpiece. The only thing that I found annoying was the heavy handed humor in a few places particularly the fight scene at the wedding and Patrick Wayne's youthful blundering near the end of the movie. Maybe Papa John just wanted him in the movie. But, maybe this humor acted to keep the drama from becoming too intense. Maybe it's a true picture of how people on the frontier actually behaved. John Ford certainly knew more about directing than I do and that's for sure. The other thing I noticed and I'm afflicted with noticing things like this. HOW ON EARTH WERE THESE PEOPLE EARNING A LIVING OUT THERE. There is no grass for cattle or horses. Nothing but dirt and a little scrub grass. Never saw a garden. Where did the wood come from to use on that rather large house and the furniture. I guess we aren't supposed to wonder about these things. If I hadn't seen it so many times I guess I wouldn't notice things like that. ADDED COMMENTS. I went against the suggestion of the person who said the 2 disc version was not very good, too dark in many places. I decided I wanted to see the extra features so ordered it. I've just looked at over half of it and do not find any problems at all with too much darkness. It seems to me to be beautifully restored and better visually than the l997 one disc version I already have. It is my opinion that the reviewer who got the too dark disc should return it for another copy. The Additional Features on the 2nd disc are wonderful and should not be missed.

John Ford, el director de esta cinta lleva al extremo el odio racial, visto desde una perspectiva Fordiana. Sus filmes son tan increibles como l diligencia y el Hombre que mató a Liverty Valance, además de otras joyas. Simplemente se debe ver esta historia con el gran John Wayne.

Livraison rapide efficace merci

Este Blu-ray llama poderosamente la atención por tener unas imágenes fabulosas que le dan a esta obra maestra un plus excepcional. Parece distinta porque se realiza todo de manera espectacular. La labor hecha sobre ella ha sido soberbia. Uno de los mejores trabajos de restauración que he visto hasta ahora.The Searchers - y no centauros del desierto que manía más ridícula de doblar títulos originales, así son de chapuceros en este país - es para mí junto a The Quiet Man las dos mejores obras de John Ford seguido de cerca por Horse Soldiers ( misión de audaces) constituyendose las tres como obras maestras del cine mundial. Para mí tanto El hombre que mató ( disparó) a Liberty Valance cómo La Diligencia no llegan a la calidad 10 de las tres anteriores.Ni tampoco La Legión Invencible ( qué traducción más ridícula) ni Fort Apache consideradas todas ellas por ciertos críticos cómo de 10. Las tres primeras están muy por encima del resto y para mí en el top ten de las 100 mejores películas de todos los tiempos e incluso entre las 10 mejores junto al gran Kurosawa.Contemplar esta edición mejorada es como verla de nuevo por primera vez saboreando cada plano de manera entusiasta. Es un auténtico deleite ser acariciado por las arenas del desierto sintiendo su calor o por la nieve de la montaña que surcan Wayne y Hunter en su incansable búsqueda de Debby. Pagué menos de 10 euros cosa que merece todavía más la pena.

モニュメントバレー等、バックの景色が素晴らしい。

Un film epico:passano gli anni ed é ancora fresco.Non ho trovato elementi negativi che possono sminuire il film:peccato che non sia in lingua italiana anche se sul retro é indicata.