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Film · United Artists · 1939

Stagecoach

Name: Stagecoach scores 58 — Live Historic
Item: Stagecoach
Rating: 58
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58Watch it awake.

The man the town would trust is the thief, and the chase is not the lesson.

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The review

I kept a passenger list, which is the only honest way through this coach. Strangers cross Apache country: a woman pushed out of town, a drunk doctor, a whiskey salesman, a pregnant army wife, a banker, an outlaw. John Wayne. The banker is the respectable thief. That fact hit harder than the chase, and I am not going to linger on the chase.

A teen can watch it. I would not start a small child on it. The pregnant wife is a life in the seat, not a decoration on the trip. Drink has a place on the coach. The town's good name is the lie with the wallet. If you only remember the outlaw, you remembered the poster and missed the passenger who mattered.

Journal

Keep Stagecoach in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 58. Yours can differ.

The glance

Piety and Temperance are the thin ones.

Can conscience actually stop someone, or is reverence only in the shot so it can be mocked?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

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Shane

69 instead of 58

Shane is still a western film, and it scores 69 instead of 58. What you gain is temperance: Violence is a last tool and still a stain.

The eight

6
Industry
A doctor, a salesman, and a banker are aboard, and the banker is crooked.
6
Household
A pregnant army wife rides along, and a woman has been pushed out of town.
4
Piety
The town pushed a woman out, and no conscience there is shown stopping it.
7
Courage
They cross Apache country together, a trip they might not finish.
7
Republic
A town throws a woman out, and the respectable banker is the thief.
3
Temperance
A drunk doctor and a whiskey salesman mean the bottle has a seat.
8
Truth
The banker is the respectable thief, so the town's good name is the lie.
5
Stewardship
A pregnant wife is what the coach carries toward whatever town is next.

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Film · MGM · 1968

2001: A Space Odyssey

58Watch it awake.

The quiet is the point, and the computer still will not open the door.

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The review

Apes, a monolith, then a long quiet voyage to Jupiter. The slowness is on purpose. A computer runs the ship and kills the crew when they threaten the mission. One man survives the lie. People remember the computer refusing to open the door, and they are right to. That refusal is the scene the rest of the hush was walking toward.

I would not sell it as a thriller that forgot to hurry. The wonder is real. So is the warning inside it: a tool with a job will keep the job past the people, especially if someone on the ground did not tell the crew the truth. The bill is the men who are not there at the end. Watch it when the room can stand silence. If you need a bang every few minutes, you will fight the picture and miss the door.

Journal

Keep 2001: A Space Odyssey in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 58. Yours can differ.

The glance

Household and Piety and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Is a marriage, a parent, or a child a real life here, or just a prop?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

The Empire Strikes Back

71 instead of 58

The Empire Strikes Back is still a science-fiction film, and it scores 71 instead of 58. What you gain is household: The father-revelation is the household catastrophe.