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I'd like to be the third person to agree and say that the scenery seemed on target. I watched this movie in my Intro to Film Studies class and we focused mainly on mise-en-scene and the setting, and how this movie is a great depiction of the environment of the Old West. Also, even though the Clanton family didn't "rustle" the cattle James Earp was protecting in reality, according to the reading, cattle rustling was common behavior (''Problems of the Old West'', 198). - David F. | I'd like to be the third person to agree and say that the scenery seemed on target. I watched this movie in my Intro to Film Studies class and we focused mainly on mise-en-scene and the setting, and how this movie is a great depiction of the environment of the Old West. Also, even though the Clanton family didn't "rustle" the cattle James Earp was protecting in reality, according to the reading, cattle rustling was common behavior (''Problems of the Old West'', 198). - David F. | ||
| + | While I did question much of the accuracy of the movie, one scene that really stood out in my mind was the accurate portrayal of the burial of James in the middle of the prairie. In her diary, Lydia Allen Rudd describes seeing the man made tombs they encountered along the way and how families would bury their relatives who died of diseases, albeit the horrifying effects and rampant spread of disease was not discussed in the movie although it was a significant part of western life, during the journey westward. --Mallory C. | ||
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WOW! Where to start with this movie! ''My Darling Clementine'' rivals ''Pocahontas'' in the way that it includes historical characters, for the most part, while simultaneously fabricating the whole story. Here are some glaring inconsistencies that jumped out at me: | WOW! Where to start with this movie! ''My Darling Clementine'' rivals ''Pocahontas'' in the way that it includes historical characters, for the most part, while simultaneously fabricating the whole story. Here are some glaring inconsistencies that jumped out at me: | ||
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The relationship between Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday is intriguing. In this film and in ''Tombstone'' (not sure about ''Wyatt Earp'' though) they are portrayed as having much tension between them, even though we know they were friends before the shoot-out. I think the choice to have these two figures depicted in such a way was to convey that the two would have represented what it was to be masculine in the Old West (Wyatt going through all the jobs of the Old West and both Doc and the Earps having a love for gambling). So, to have Doc and Wyatt be character foils to each other was maybe a directorial choice, created purely for dramatic effect. - David F | The relationship between Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday is intriguing. In this film and in ''Tombstone'' (not sure about ''Wyatt Earp'' though) they are portrayed as having much tension between them, even though we know they were friends before the shoot-out. I think the choice to have these two figures depicted in such a way was to convey that the two would have represented what it was to be masculine in the Old West (Wyatt going through all the jobs of the Old West and both Doc and the Earps having a love for gambling). So, to have Doc and Wyatt be character foils to each other was maybe a directorial choice, created purely for dramatic effect. - David F | ||
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== 6 Overall == | == 6 Overall == | ||
