Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream,
And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by ?
The transient pleasures as a vision seem,
And yet we think the greatest pain´s is to die.
How strange it is that a man on earth should roam,
And lead a life of woe, but not forsake
His rugged path; nor dare he view alone
His future doom which is but to awake.
(John Keats)
At se 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence' (Manden der skød Liebrty Valence) er som at overvære en begravelse: Den sørgmodige stemning, ind imellem afløst af små vemodige smil, når præsten fortæller anekdoter om den afdøde. Præsten er her John Ford, en af de største filminstruktører i tidens løb. 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence' er hans filmiske testamente.
John Ford er en af de instruktører, hvis film synes mest u...
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