> > at the end of [The Searchers], all of the characters except > Ethan enter a house and close the door, with Ethan still outside > symbolically looking off into the desert. > > I haven't seen it in years, but I remember a striking shot, repeated > one or more times, in which the camera follows Wayne from a dark interior > through a doorway into a dazzlingly bright, spacious desert landscape. > It mirrors that last shot and foreshadows it perfectly. What a film! > > kjf- > Now, I have to see it....Ford was such an amazing filmmaker, structurally his films are masterpieces...just like Hitchcock.... -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Sandy Dwiggins Internet: [log in to unmask] + + Building 82, Room 111 Phone: (301) 496-7406 + + Bethesda, Maryland 20892 Fax: (301) 480-8105 + +------------------------------------------------------------------------+