1)
Relate
what was discussed in class or the text to the screening.
In class we spoke about all of the success in filmmaking during the
Stagecoach era. The movie director, John Ford, became very well known during
this time. He earned four Best Director Awards for the Informer (1935), Grapes
of Wrath (1940), How Green was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952). In
class we also went over how this was “the greatest period in American Movie
Making” when various historical movies came out. Some of which include Gone
with the Wind and the infamous Wizard of Oz. John Wayne is one of the stars of
Stagecoach. He was rated a B-movei actor and Stagecoach was the film that
actually realized his acting career. He ended up working with John Ford 24
times.
2)
Find a related article
and summarize the content.
This
article essentially talks about the relationship between John Ford and the
beginning of his everlasting friendship with the Navajo Indians of Monument
Valley. He worked with over 200 Navajo Indians and became very close with them
once the film was over. The article also speaks about the infamous stunt pulled
in the movie Stagecoach – Zyakima Canutt’s stunt of being dragged underneath a
team of horses. Ford claimed that they only did the stunt once, and that even
if it had not worked that time, he would never shoot that stunt again as it was
so dangerous and risky.
3) Apply the article to the film screened in class.
Personally.
I love reading articles like this for the reason that they are so insightful.
This article has direct quotes from John Ford and it allows me to understand
his state of mind throughout shoot the film Stagecouch. Thus, I can understand
the movie more in his perspective.
4) Write a critical analysis of the
film, including your personal opinion, formed as a result of
the screening, class discussions, text material and the article
This
movie is grand, especially because Western movies during this era were known to
be unpopular. I appreciate the fact that John Ford took the risk and the
challenge of making a Western movie regardless of how people were claiming that
it would ruin his career.
1) ( x) I have not handed in this assignment for any other class.
2) ( x) If I reused any information from other papers I have written for other classes, I clearly explain that in the paper.
3) (x ) If I used any passages word for word, I put quotations around those words, or used indentation and citation within the text.
4) ( x) I have not padded the bibliography. I have used all sources cited in the bibliography in the text of the paper.
5) ( x) I have cited in the bibliography only the pages I personally read.
6) ( x) I have used direct quotations only in cases where it could not be stated in another way. I cited the source within the paper and in the bibliography.
7) ( x) I did not so over-use direct quotations that the paper lacks interpretation or originality.
8) ( x) I checked yes on steps 1-7 and therefore have been fully transparent about the research and ideas used in my paper.
Name: ______Mathysse Gomez Bera____
