"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" is considered one of the all-time great Westerns, and supposedly John Wayne himself considered it his favorite role. But after finally catching it, I found it strangelyunaffecting. "Ribbon" is about a man who is retiring, and he doesn't really want to. In a way, it's sort of an Old West version of "About Schmidt," except John Wayne doesn't suffer from modern neuroses like Jack Nicholson. Both men have lost their wives, and are essentially alone as they face a horizon that holds who-knows-what for them.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
"She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" is considered one of the all-time great Westerns, and supposedly John Wayne himself considered it his favorite role. But after finally catching it, I found it strangelyunaffecting. "Ribbon" is about a man who is retiring, and he doesn't really want to. In a way, it's sort of an Old West version of "About Schmidt," except John Wayne doesn't suffer from modern neuroses like Jack Nicholson. Both men have lost their wives, and are essentially alone as they face a horizon that holds who-knows-what for them.