The Searchers

We go on an epic, five year quest to find a missing girl. Or at least John Wayne does and this whole film feels like we're tagging along in real time. 

Often cited as John Wayne's finest film, Luke has long argued that John Ford's 1956 western is a rare example of a classic in dire need of a remake. The themes of racism, obsession and madness are buried under layers of folksy nonsense but Bea is on hand to fix the problems and re-structure this into something that could be really compelling. 

A film we can't improve? That'll be the day...

 

SHOW NOTES:

The legendary Leroy Jenkins, patron saint of failed frontal assaults: https://youtu.be/mLyOj_QD4a4 

 

Hank Worden, the cowboy actor who played Mose and whose name Luke couldn't find: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Worden 

 

When Bea mentions 'whiteness' as being invented; this brilliant podcast series unpacks the construction of the idea of the 'white race' which is a relatively new idea: 

https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/ 

 

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