Article: Through a door darkly: a reappraisal of John Ford's The Searchers.(Critical essay)

John Ford's 1956 Western The Searchers is among the most canonized works of film history, frequently placed near Citizen Kane, Rules of the Game, Tokyo Story, and other celebrated works on the top ten lists of international film critics. It is widely regarded as the quintessential masterpiece of a director whose output was formidable and respected. Ford's stylistic accomplishments are sustained and innovative (within the bounds of a conservative esthetic). No less than Orson Welles paid homage to Ford, claiming he watched Stagecoach repeatedly before preparing Citizen Kane. The Searchers has gained enormously in critical esteem over the last thirty years; today it is the ...

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