tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post8387157208342240640..comments2024-03-14T19:14:03.059-05:00Comments on Acidemic - Film: Long and Tall XXL in the SaddleErich Kuerstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850572368098319317noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-3763603360587697982012-02-16T11:40:13.381-05:002012-02-16T11:40:13.381-05:00I think you'd like "Wagon Master," m...I think you'd like "Wagon Master," made amidst the cavalry trilogy, which is among his most instinctive, sympathetic portrayals of misfit characters leading marginal existences. There's not much of a story, just a hymn to the pleasures and dangers of outsider societies, whether Navaho, Mormon, or a drunken theatre troupe--all seemingly just wandering around the desert looking for some kind of home. With maybe my favourite cowboy performance, from Ben Johnson, who looks even better on a horse than John Wayne.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E3vgUgNQVMSteven https://www.blogger.com/profile/06772134962983088299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30487573.post-68677942761736479612011-05-25T14:34:47.330-05:002011-05-25T14:34:47.330-05:00Terrific piece, Erich.Terrific piece, Erich.Apronikoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782118211575759239noreply@blogger.com