John Ford Home Movies
Stagecoach • 7m 17s
In this 2010 video interview, John Ford’s grandson and biographer Dan Ford (“Pappy: The Life of John Ford”) discusses the director’s personal home movies and what they reveal about the man and his special relationships with Hollywood luminaries like John Wayne and cinematographer Gregg Toland.
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True West
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Yakima Canutt on STAGECOACH
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Dreaming of Jeanie
This 2010 video essay by writer Tag Gallagher (“John Ford: The Man and His Films”) analyzes the visual style Ford employs in STAGECOACH, and explains how his technique allows us to both deeply empathize with and remain objective toward the film’s many characters.
