The Red River is about the competition and rebellion between father and son. Montgomery Clift is gay.

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Red River/Red River was born in 1948, which is an immortal monument of American western movies with a history of one hundred years. There are also great directors Howard Hawkes (1896- 1977) and Arthur Rosson Arthur Rosson (1886- 18).

Even john ford (1894- 1973), the American master of western films, praised him. This film gives full play to the great style of western films from the script structure to the reflection of nature. The background of the story is simple. John wayne john wayne (1907- 1979) is still the protagonist in the absolute sense, but there is no earth-shattering battle in the film, and there is no shocking love between life and death. It just tells a small ripple about betrayal and recombination, love and friendship.

Scenes in the movie Red River/Red River on the Red River, john wayne john wayne (left) and Montgomery Clift.

Howard Hawkes' extraordinary storytelling skills make this western film, which shows cowboys transporting cattle, a classic with the most visual impact. His cooperation with john wayne has brought new vitality to the western cowboys. Montgomery Clift's performance (1920- 1966) is also a wonderful part of the film. His arrogance and john wayne's composure complement each other in the whole film.

This is a tragic story of competition and rebellion between father and son. The autocratic Thomas Deng Sen (played by john wayne) left his lover and went to Texas, where he was eager to expand his territory and make great achievements. He adopted Matt Garth (played by Montgomery Clift), a boy who escaped from the Indian Massacre and was as close as a son.

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A few years later, Matt Garth grew up, no longer tamed, but violently resisted. The crisis is imminent. There is nothing more interesting than the scene of a father and son driving a mighty cow to a foreign land. This classic scene is simply a cold and arduous journey in the history of heroic poetry. The external environment is full of danger, and the characters are nervous to the point of collapse, a bit like Odessa.

Critics Tim Dirks pointed out that the conflict between them was similar to the confrontation between Captain Bly (played by Charles Laughton Charles Laughton) and Fletcher Christian (played by clark gable clark gable) in mutiny on the bounty (1935). In fact, Borden Chase Borden Chase's performance (1900- 197 1) is unparalleled, which gives the Red River a deeper meaning and thought.

The location of the film Red River/Red River, from left to right: John Wayne John Wayne Howard Hawkes Howard Hawkes Joanne Dru Joanne Dru.

John wayne is a stubborn old farmer, but his adopted son Montgomery Clift got into a fight with him because of a small storm, and then secretly drove away his 1000 scalpers.

Oh, my God, you know, that's a thousand live cows. They are walking on the wasteland, or they are driven slowly by cowboys, or they are scared by wild animals. They are roaring and running ... The spectacular scene of cows crossing the Red River is the climax of the whole film.

You know, this big scene was only restored by kevin costner kevin costner in Dancing with Wolves (1990) in the early 1990s. The oldest and most primitive scene is the only magic weapon for people to remember the changes of the times and review the vicissitudes of life.

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It can be said that the greatness of "Red River" simply lies in the pursuit of big scenes under its small conceptual structure, which is one of the greatest attempts in the world film history and brings a revolutionary glory to the western film family.

The story is gentle but dark, but the result is predictable but ups and downs, which easily makes the audience feel substituted, and the heart moves with it ... john wayne is like the incarnation of an old cowboy, from appearance to temperament. A person with strong principles can easily go too far in stubbornness, but we can understand and even cherish such people. Besides his own charm, we also know that he experienced the blow of losing his lover, but he never expressed his guilt until he met that one.

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Only the principle forced him to explain himself, so there was a final hand-to-hand combat, and the duel of the cowboy who gave up the gun meant reconciliation.

There is a woman at the beginning of the film, but this beautiful woman, two minutes after the opening, Howard Hawkes immediately arranged for her to die. In the next story, I only saw men. Cowboys drove the cattle up the hill and waded through the rain.

This film is absolutely suitable for popularizing the knowledge of cowboys: how cowboys come into being, what are the practical uses of cowboy clothes, such as what scarves are used for, what cowboys eat on the road, the hardships and dangers of cowboy work, and the importance of team spirit. ...

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The cowboy in "Red River" has returned to the true colors of cowboys, and is no longer the "cowboy" who is carrying a gun all day, looking for trouble everywhere, or protecting beautiful women and shooting faster than anyone else in many westerns. It's not a martial arts movie for shooting.

This is an atypical western, but at the same time it has many elements of a classic western. Riding horses and whipping in the desert sand, fighting with fast guns in a nervous spirit, and the western jungle law. These things make it keep the true colors of western movies, and the play on this basis gives it the key to achieving classics.

The story structure is complex but clear, and the plot progress is closely related to the character's personality. Contradictions do not come from the outside (such as Indians), nor are they related to good and evil, but internal conflicts of principles.

Stills of the film Red River/Red River by the Red River, Montgomery Clift.

It does not stick to the western concept, but starts from a big historical perspective, which not only reflects the pain caused by the civil war, but also evokes the collective memory of the pioneers in the west. Howard Hawkes is free to come in and out.

Although the film still has obvious male chauvinism in traditional western films, it has begun to reflect (john wayne's male chauvinism indirectly led to the death of his lover) and began to pay attention to the portrayal of female characters, especially the girl with fiery personality, which played a very important role in conflict resolution.

Stills from the movies Red River/Red River, john ireland and john ireland.

The positive characters in western movies often have superb "martial arts", which of course refers to some fighting skills such as fighting and killing. They are similar in character, mostly taciturn and unsociable, and like to do some very old-fashioned eccentric behaviors.

This feature originated from a cold-faced hero like john ford in the early days, and many Hollywood tough guys followed suit, such as gary cooper (1901965438) and Gregory Peck's gregory peck (19 16-2003). Their appearance is cold, giving people an inviolable sense of distance. Even if you kneel down and ask him for help, he loves to ignore them.

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But in the end, they will go to this muddy water for you, because their hearts are restless, mostly eccentric rangers who are nosy.

Like the Red River, the real paradise for cowboys should be in Texas, where there are thin grasslands and vast land, and it is a paradise for cattle herders.

However, this area is limited to real cowboys, that is, cattle dealers who really sell and domesticate cattle. But those hooligans who rob their jobs illegally with old guns will definitely not choose to live here. Most of them will bury their feet in barren California or more lively New Mexico.

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Compared with the real world, heroes in western movies are more heroic and villains are worse. They are a mixture of violence, blood, peace and beauty. Therefore, we can think that westerns are just spokesmen of American spirit.

As the representative work of director john ford, Flying over the Mountain/Post-coach/Seven Heroes and Three Righteousnesses (1939) marks the maturity and perfection of western movies, and "opens a model of western movies", further consolidating the model of western movies shaping Indians.

About ten years later, Howard Hawkes, a famous director, filmed another classic western film Red River by andre bazan andre bazan (19 18- 1958).

Scenes in the movie Red River/Red River on the Red River, john wayne john wayne (left) and Montgomery Clift.

The Indians in this film are also symbols of barbarism and evil. Howard Hawkes, the director, first arranged the white people in a dead, silent forest and let the Indians hide in the dark when portraying the Indians directly. At the same time, he plays up terror and tension through all kinds of strange cries. When the audience was as nervous as the characters in the film, the Indians suddenly jumped out of the picture. They were almost naked, with feathers in their heads, their mouths wide open, waving knives and axes and pouncing on white people like hungry beasts. Although the film doesn't give many shots to the Indians, there are many contents that show their cruel and terrible image from the side.

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In addition, Red River created another Indian named "Quo" (played by Yowlachie, the chief of Yulakiye).

His face is cold, his voice is hoarse, his expression is stiff, he seldom talks, but he is very calculating. The night before I went to Missouri with a cowboy, Quo won a cowboy's false teeth by gambling, and then refused to return them no matter how much he asked.

At first, the cowboy couldn't understand his "what's the use of false teeth", but later, when the motorcade passed through the desert, Quo put false teeth in his mouth to prevent dust, while the cowboy claimed that because there were no false teeth, the sand he ate could "cover the whole of Texas".

Stills of the film Red River/Red River by the Red River: Iuvara Kee, Chief of Yulakiye.

It was not until he was willing to pay a high price to redeem his teeth that Quo reluctantly agreed to "pay first" and then give him the teeth. Through such a character, the film seems to tell people that Indians are cunning, if not savage villains.

It can be seen that the early classic westerns always strengthened the negative image of Indians and deliberately made them look terrible. But westerns often let these characters die at the hands of white people when dealing with their endings.

In most early westerns, there were characters who killed Indians, such as the Union Army in Crossing the Mountain and the cowboy in Red River. In the face of the powerful white power, the Indians who were extremely fierce at first will become very fragile and vulnerable.

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In "Over the Mountain", as soon as the federal cavalry appeared, the Indians were immediately washed away and the birds and animals were scattered. Despite the large number of Indians who attacked the white motorcade in Red River, when the cowboys came to the rescue, they fled in panic.

This dramatic scene not only shows the Indians' fear of whites, but also implies that whites finally conquered the aborigines. Moreover, westerns tend to show their ugly faces when shooting Indians.

"Over the Mountain" used several close-ups to highlight the horror of Indians falling off their speeding horses after being hit by bullets. The Red River has a similar scene.

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Westerns do reflect the vigor and enterprising spirit of the United States at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but at the cost of distorting history and sacrificing Indians. In this sense, we can say that movies have played an extremely important role in the establishment and dissemination of Indian model images.

Not only Indians are an indispensable part of westerns, but horses are also an important feature of westerns. Probably when men are young, they all have the ideal of riding a horse.

In the hearts of westerners, horses are more important than anything else, so we can see that in The Red River, father and son, while wandering, refused the woman who loved them deeply, but never left their horses.

Scenes in the Red River/Red River War, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Joanne Dru.

Horses represent the dignity of knights, so we see that in Wild Beams in the Sunset (1969), Parker (played by william holden of william holden) stepped on the stirrup and fell off his horse, and was immediately teased by his subordinates: "If you can't even ride a horse well, what can you talk about unity?"

In Unforgettable (1992), Clint Eastwood and Clint Eastwood try to regain their former dignity, but they can't climb on horseback.

The deification of westerners is also the deification of horses. The spirit of horses is exactly the same as that of westerners who never betray and stick to integrity.

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Red River contains almost all the elements of western movies: gunfight, crowds, sneak attack, hanging, betrayal, revenge, love and glory, and even john wayne's wonderful acting skills are very special. If john wayne broke away from the low-level westerns by Over the Mountain, Red River made him the first box office star. The film solidified his screen image: grumpy tone, stubborn personality, great and charming male charm and inner appeal.

Montgomery Clift was a famous Hollywood actor in the 1940s and 1950s. At the age of 65,438+07, he gained star status in Broadway, made his debut in Red River, and became a hit on the big screen with his exquisite interpretation.

Montgomery Clift Montgomery Clift's image in the film Red River/Red River of War is very popular with women.

In Red River, which is full of homosexual subtext, Howard Hawkes uses Montgomery Clift's own characteristics to make gay images appear on the screen, which also sets the tone for Montgomery Clift's stepping down! When Montgomery Clift appears in any movie, the atmosphere will become extremely ambiguous. Those cows are so cute, and that woman is so redundant ... except, of course, a place in the sun (195 1).

1948 On March 23rd, it was Montgomery Clift's Search (1948) that premiered in America, attracting the attention of all Hollywood directors and stars.

The scene in the movie Red River/Red River by the Red River, Montgomery Clift

The film Gone with the Wind is directed by Fred Zinnemann Fred Zinnemann (1907-1997); The Red River was released in the United States on August 26th, 1948, so from the time point of view, some people think that Search is Montgomery Clift's debut, but it is not.

The Red River was actually filmed in 1946, but it was shelved for two years because Howard Hawkes got into a lawsuit after filming. Therefore, Montgomery Clift's first film was Red River, not Lonely Chicken in Gone with the Wind.

The scene "Red River, john wayne, john wayne" in the movie "Red River/War".

Joseph McBride, a critic, pointed out that it is worth remembering Howard Hawkes' detailed handling of the gradual collapse between john wayne and Montgomery Clift in Red River.

John wayne appeared tall and steady at the beginning of the screen, but in the end, others not only lost weight, but also had gray hair and tired eyes. The transition was so slow that we didn't even notice that he was wearing a white hat at the beginning and a black hat at the end.

John wayne has always been regarded as a natural star, not an actor.

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When Red River was released, not only Hollywood was "impressed" by john wayne, but even the great director john ford said to Howard Hawkes after watching Red River: "I never knew that big bastard could act." This "big bastard" is talking about john wayne, and john wayne has appeared in many films of john ford.

In the documentary Honeycomb Closet (1995) directed by rob epstein in robert epstein and Jeffrey Friedman in Jeffrey M.Friedman, we pay special attention to the relationship between young Montgomery Clift and Cherie Vallance (played by john ireland in john ireland) in Red River.

Scenes in the movie Red River/Red River by the Red River, Montgomery Clift and John Ireland John Ireland.

In the play, the competition between the two cowboys did not unfold positively, and what happened between them was not conveyed positively, but fell into a special contradiction.

"This gun is very handsome. Can I have a look? " Cherry said, pointing to Montgomery Clift's waist gun. When handing the gun to Cherie, he said, "Yes, it's a good gun".

Cherie asked Montgomery Clift again, "Maybe you want to see my gun, too." He also handed the gun around his waist to Montgomery Clift. Cherie said with Montgomery Clift's gun, "You know what? There are only two things in this world that are more beautiful than a good gun, a Swiss watch or a woman. Do you have a Swiss watch? "

Stills from the movie Red River/Red River, Montgomery Clift and john ireland.

Montgomery Clift is a withdrawn and introverted person. He will silently defend his integrity when resisting all pressures. These qualities can be summed up by the words of soldier Prevett in The Soul of Gone with the Times/Pink Girl From Here to Eternity (1953), which may be Montgomery Clift's best rebellious role!

Montgomery Clift also became the most popular "small fresh meat" in Hollywood at that time because of Red River. Many women admire his refreshing heroic spirit on the screen, just like the kind of out-of-touch, completely free of impurities and greasy. Even the big star olivia de havilland olivia de havilland (19 16-2020) fell for him and invited him to participate in the program "The Heiress" by name.

Stills from the film The Heiress (1949), olivia de havilland Montgomery Clift, olivia de havilland.

The film "The Heiress" finally won olivia de havilland the best actress in the 22nd Academy Awards with 1950.

After The Heiress was released, Montgomery Clift showed a new kind of man on the screen. Beautiful, sensitive and fragile men seem to attract both men and women. Since the publication of Lansing Hard Stone, Montgomery Clift has finally become the hottest male star in Hollywood and is worshipped by millions of people.

In the next few years, his only opponent in this field was Marlon Brando Marlon Brando (1924-2004).

On the set of Gone with the Wind/Pink Girl From Here to Eternity (1953), Marlon Brando of Marlon Brando visited Montgomery Clift.

At that time, Montgomery Clift didn't know that there was a male star who just worked hard in Hollywood like him, and this male star was Marlon Brando.

Marlon Brando filmed "Men" by the director Fred Kinneman in 1949 (1950). In director Fred Kinneman's memoirs, it is mentioned that Marlon Brando asked him many questions about Montgomery Clift when he was filming Bravo.

At this time, james deen in james deen (1931-kloc-0/955) and paul newman in paul newman (1925-2008) were still on their way to Hollywood, but the complicated "emotional" stories of four young Hollywood students were just staged in the 1950s.

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