tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post2393599610123133505..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: El DoradoEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-11831873208916370812010-09-04T17:57:09.513-04:002010-09-04T17:57:09.513-04:00Actually, I'm with you on that last comment, E...Actually, I'm with you on that last comment, Ed: on some days I might prefer this film to <i>Rio Bravo</i>. Although I have sort of a radical taste in Hawks' films so I might not be the most trustworthy critic of his stuff (I think <i>Land of the Pharaohs</i> is better than <i>Hatari!</i>, for example), but this movie really does gleefully play on Hawks' earlier movies. You mentioned Adam Zanziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524618281515322239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-21452906110393680032010-01-07T14:35:59.836-05:002010-01-07T14:35:59.836-05:00I have bestowed upon you an award.
http://wwwbill...I have bestowed upon you an award.<br /><br />http://wwwbillblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/kreativ-blawgging.htmlbill r.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17748572205731857892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-82845869219568140622010-01-06T11:35:42.357-05:002010-01-06T11:35:42.357-05:00Thanks, guys. I may even prefer this film slightly...Thanks, guys. I may even prefer this film slightly to <i>Rio Bravo</i>, since it's a further development of the ideas about narrative slackening that Hawks explored in that one. It's pretty much a toss-up between the two, though.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-2191392850320787252010-01-06T11:29:11.042-05:002010-01-06T11:29:11.042-05:00I love El Dorado. I feel like it is slightly under...I love El Dorado. I feel like it is slightly underrated because it stands in the shadow of Rio Bravo, but I prefer Mitchum to Martin as well.Doniphonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407443845368110678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-56587457147704199472010-01-06T10:28:24.351-05:002010-01-06T10:28:24.351-05:00I wrote an article about El Dorado when it came ou...I wrote an article about <i>El Dorado</i> when it came out back in 1967 for a long-defunct little mag called "Medium." Everything you say about it is quite true, and highlights the essence of Hawks' style. It's that stylistic looseness that most impressed the French -- particularly Rivette -- about his work.DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.com