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Old 03-23-2023, 04:47 PM   #14591
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“The Ox-Bow Incident” - 4/4

In 75 minutes this film does what takes some films hours. It is a simple but brilliantly told morality tale which takes no tangents and stays focused on the issue. It made me think of Kitty Genovese, Rashomon and Rod Serling. I enjoyed the sincerity of the actors, it has great strength of performance to go with the basic but powerful storyline. It looks Western, it sounds Western but there are no heroes and there is no victory to be found. This is the sort of film that inspired “High Noon” which then kicked off a whole anti-western scene.

Apparently it is Clint Eastwood’s favourite film and after seeing it, that makes perfect sense. It was probably pretty high on Sergio Leone’s list too. John Wayne probably found it queer or communist.
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