High Noon update feed
" 2014: 330 2013: 329 2012: 335 2011: 345 2010: 344 2009: 346 2008: 352 "
" Notes: To be honest, I usually have a hard time to care about those old classic Westerns. Indeed, even though I enjoyed such movies like 'Rio Bravo' or 'Shane', they didn't really blow me away. Fortunately, I liked this one a lot. The point is that it is not only a Western, it is also actually a nail-bitting thriller and, during the whole thing, you wonder how it will end up. Furthermore, it was also a very interesting character study. Indeed, Fred Zinnemann, a director I start to like more an"
" Notes: To be honest, I usually have a hard time to care about those old classic Westerns. Indeed, even though I enjoyed such movies like 'Rio Bravo' or 'Shane', they didn't really blow me away. Fortunately, I liked this one a lot. The point is that it is not only a Western, it is also actually a nail-bitting thriller and, during the whole thing, you wonder how it will end up. Furthermore, it was also a very interesting character study. Indeed, Fred Zinnemann, a director I start to like more an"
" 2013: 329 2012: 335 2011: 345 2010: 344 2009: 346 2008: 352 "
“HIGH NOON, Paramount, 1952. Dir. Fred Zinnemann. Perf. Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly and Lloyd Bridges. Review by Dominic Note: First-time viewers are”
"Fred Zinnemann’s western was shot on a shoe-strong budget, and it shows, as the pared-down studio settings and emphasis on close-ups and tight interior shots over ponderous vistas are positively televisual. But in a way, its relative lack of material detail and geographic specificity make it groundbreaking: In High Noon, the western becomes the self-conscious space of allegorical mythos. The basis of Carl Foreman’s story is his own experience refusing to name names to the House Un-American A"
"2012: 335 2011: 345 2010: 344 2009: 346 2008: 352 "
"2011: 345 2010: 344 2009: 346 2008: 352 "
" Notes: To be honest, I usually have a hard time to care about those old classic Westerns. Indeed, even though I enjoyed such movies like 'Rio Bravo' or 'Shane', they didn't really blow me away. Fortunately, I liked this one a lot. The point is that it is not only a Western, it is also actually a nail-bitting thriller and, during the whole thing, you wonder how it will end up. Furthermore, it was also a very interesting character study. Indeed, Fred Zinnemann took his time to develop all the pe"