Shane begins with a lone man (Alan Ladd) riding down out of the mountains in Wyoming. And the character of Shane makes me sad and happy too - sad because he's so lonely, and happy because at least for a little while, he found some peace and joy.īut I'm getting ahead of myself. Sad because I can't climb inside it and live in the world it depicts, but happy because at least I can watch the movie and imagine myself inside it. Shane is one of those movies that makes me both sad and happy. I'm also giving away three other wonderful westerns - check out either of those posts for details. I'll try to let you know where to skip things so you don't know the whole ending.Īlso, I'm giving away a copy of this movie! You can enter via this post here, or this one on my book review blog. In fact, this is going to be more of an exploration, a mulling-over of the movie rather than a simple, straight-up review. "Rich man tries to control town, and someone stands up to him" is another favorite, and that's here too. "A stranger comes to town and everything changes" is probably my single favorite western motif, and this film epitomizes it. I love this movie more every time I watch it. I'll warn you of something right up front: this is gonna be a gushy post. I'm not going to compare it to the book, but if you want to discuss differences in the comments here, that's fine with me :-) We've finished it today, so now I'm going to review the movie version. I've been leading a read-along of Shane by Jack Schaefer over on The Edge of the Precipice.
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