July 7, 2014
Hawks/Ford
Posted by Just Another Film Buff under All Posts, Hollywood | Tags: Howard Hawks, John Ford |[7] Comments
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July 8, 2014 at 10:22 am
Great images. Ford sure does seem to be the downer, doesn’t he? ;)
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July 8, 2014 at 11:02 am
He sure does!
(…though I guess there are as many images of celebration in Ford as in Hawks.)
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July 8, 2014 at 10:02 pm
I was just thinking it would be interesting to flip it. Though in Hawks’ films you’d probably have to Fodor violent death rather than somber mourning. It wouldn’t feel as true, in a way, as your juxtaposition here.
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July 8, 2014 at 10:03 pm
*go with violent death
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July 10, 2014 at 3:33 pm
That’s an interesting proposition, Joel.
But then Hawks’ films are always hangout movies to me. I simply do not feel any sense of pathos or even loss in them (unlike Ford). Perhaps Cary Grant’s attitude to the plane crashes in ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS reflects Hawks’ own understating of death and mourning in his films.
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August 20, 2014 at 2:49 am
Well, I just now came upon this newest post JAFB. I know you had pulled back, and I didn’t receive any notification. Over the last month I’ve gone to a number of wakes and funerals, so Ford’s images here are resonating for me. Great juxtoposition between the two.
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August 24, 2014 at 5:54 pm
Thank you, Sam! It’s good to hear from you, and I’m very sorry for the loss(es).
Yes, I’ve kept low. Hope I can get back to writing soon…
Cheers!
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