The Searchers @ 70 Years Old

Is The Searchers *the* Greatest American Western looking down on racism of the Frontier, or is it just plain racist? Or is it both? The latest MovieVersaries episode endeavours to answer this question as the film turns 70 years old.

The beauty of examining a film from many years ago is in exploring the tension that exists in something that positions itself as progressive, but the march of time has rendered it bigoted.

Taking on a film of this repute (according to the Sight and Sound Poll it’s the 15th Greatest Ever) is no easy feat, but it’s one that Bo Nicholson and Ian Buckley enthusiastically take on in the latest episode of MovieVersaries.

The lads discuss the film’s aforementioned reputation, its technical excellence, its influence on some of the greatest directors we’ve ever seen, but also the White Supremacy of its leading man and the confusing execution of its themes.

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