How John Wayne’s twisted idea of method acting brought his greatest performance: “What if the Commies did this?”
An unsavoury approach to a divisive technique.
The Searchers
The one movie that influenced Ridley Scott the most: “I remember just being blown away”
A life-changing moment.
‘The Searchers’: A perfect reflection of the moral enigma that is John Wayne
Life and art can often be intertwined.
From jaw-breakers to John Wayne: How Henry Fonda punching John Ford led to a classic movie
A seminal snowball effect.
The two westerns John Wayne thought were “better” than ‘The Searchers’
Two further classics of the genre.
‘The Searchers’: The movie Sam Peckinpah called John Ford’s “worst film”
The director offered either a compliment or thinly-veiled criticism.