miker wrote:
"I did the imdb thing and found out that the movie The
Searchers is based on the same-titled book by Alan Le May. I
put the movie in our Netflix queue. Aside from simple plot
similarities, comments on the characters in the movie sounded
close to the Teran book also."
It goes beyond simple plot similarities. Someone recently
mentioned how cinematic Teran's descriptions were. Well, the
opening description of Bob looking across the open field at
the homestead mimicks a shot early in the Searchers (which
also shows up in Star Wars).
Searchers is an incredibly influential movie for the great
'70s directors, particularly Lucas and Scorcese. It's the
clear model for part of Star Wars, most of Taxi Driver and
virtually all of Hardcore.
Beyond influential, though, it's a great film, miker. Enjoy
it. And say Hi to Mose for me.
Mark
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