I recently discovered Johnny Guitar (1954), starring Sterling Hayden, Joan Crawford, and Mercedes McCambridge, and directed by Nicholas Ray. Cinephiles know it and love it, but the general public has never heard of it.
It features a vicious, deadly rivalry between two Wild West female entrepreneurs, who are in a land dispute. Besides featuring two strong female leads, it is beautifully shot. We often froze the video, just to admire the framing, or the way the ensemble was posed, like a baroque painting.
I recently discovered Johnny Guitar (1954), starring Sterling Hayden, Joan Crawford, and Mercedes McCambridge, and directed by Nicholas Ray. Cinephiles know it and love it, but the general public has never heard of it.
It features a vicious, deadly rivalry between two Wild West female entrepreneurs, who are in a land dispute. Besides featuring two strong female leads, it is beautifully shot. We often froze the video, just to admire the framing, or the way the ensemble was posed, like a baroque painting.