The Man From Laramie
The Man from Laramie aspires to an epic grandeur beyond its predecessors. It's the only one in CinemaScope, and Stewart's personal quest is subsumed in a larger drama--nothing less than a sagebrush version of King Lear, with a range baron on the verge of blindness (Donald Crisp), his weak and therefore vicious son (Alex Nicol), and another, apparently more solid "son," his Edmund-like foreman (Arthur Kennedy). There are a few too many subsidiary characters, and the reach for thematic complexity occasionally diminishes the impact. But no one will ever forget the scene on the salt flats between Nicol and Stewart--climaxing in the single most shocking act of violence in '50s cinema--or the final, mountaintop confrontation.
For decades, the film has been seen only in washed-out, pan-and-scan videos, with the characters playing visual hopscotch from one panel of the original composition to another. It's great to have this glorious DVD--razor-sharp, fully saturated (or as saturated as '50s Eastmancolor could be), and breathtaking in its CinemaScope sweep. --Richard T. Jameson
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| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 02, 2008 Type: User Review |
Great western
Great J. Stewart western, one of his best. Kind of "dark", but still great movie.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 27, 2008 Type: User Review |
Stewart and Mann's last Western in widescreen
This western, unfortunately, turned out to be James Stewart & Anthony Mann's last collorboration together and their only Western in widescreen (Cinemascope). It's may well be their best one along with "The Naked Spur" for it tells the...
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Man From Laramie
I loved James Stewart in about all his films. He was a great actor and is sorely missed. This is one of his better western films. The price was vVERY appealing.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 21, 2006 Type: User Review |
Usual great stuff from Mann and Stewart
Director Anthony Mann and star James Stewart made a great combination. I always found their westerns together reached a part of me that other westerns didn't reach. Along with Bend of the River, Winchester '73 etc, this is top-notch stuff, not...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 08, 2006 Type: User Review |
A tale of anguish and vengeance...
Some of the best Westerns of the fifties were those directed by Anthony Mann and John Ford, straightforward and unpretentious, but each with an interesting approach to the requirements of the genre... Mann's films were the more prestigious,...
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3.00/5 |
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