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Searching for John Ford
a life
By McBride, Joseph
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-31224-232-9
- Publisher
- New York : St. Martin's Press, c2001.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2001
"My name's John Ford. I make Westerns." Ford preferred to let his work speak for itself, and his abrasive encounters with film scholars have become legendary. In fact, "Pappy" Ford, who fancied himself a journeyman director, would probably have been perplexed by these two recent additions to the rapidly growing library of Ford film criticism. Arriving hard on the heels of Scott Eyman's comprehensive Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford (LJ 10/1/99), McBride's weighty tome, several decades in preparation, paints a similar portrait: Ford was an insecure alcoholic whose gruff, even sadistic treatment of family, friends, cast, and crew masked his sensitive, sentimental nature. C...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
