High Noon (1952)
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Starring: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell
Synopsis:
A retired marshal takes up his badge again to stand up to an old foe.
Impressions:
I like El Dorado. When I heard it was basically a remake of Rio Bravo, I watched that. When I heard that Rio Bravo was Howard Hawks' answer to High Noon, I saw this. Knowing the subtext of the film, I'm not impressed, but taking the film at face value, it's rather effective. The sense of isolation is stark and has a lot of punch. I also really like that the movie progresses in real time. The hour the marshal has is the hour we get. All told, it's a pretty good film and worth giving a watch.
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