Darkening Ethan
John Ford's "The Searchers" (1956) from Novel to Screenplay to Screen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8905113 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arthur M Eckstein (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-3 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cinema Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-7101 • E-ISSN: 1527-2087 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1225733 |
| OpenAlex | W2335495675 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
Some film scholars charge that director John Ford was complicit in the savage racism of The Searchers' central character, Ethan Edwards. This essay demonstrates that Ford viewed Ethan as a negative, psychologically damaged, and tragic figure. By comparing the changes made from the source novel to the shooting script to the finalfilm, a constant darkening of Ethan's personality is revealed-most of it directly attributable to director John Ford
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,41 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2020 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |