@deanduncan63Saw J. Tourneur’s #Wichita. Plays like a Western version of Alexander Mackendrick/Ealing Studios’ The Man in the White Suit: …
… moral imperative runs complicatedly up against nice folks who put their honest faith in market forces. Both correct, both incomplete …
… Confusions ensue! Here’s genre, effortlessly & elegantly introducing & illuminating the fields of Civics & Economics & everything.
#Wichita plays like a Western, secular version of Rev. Sheldon’s provocative Christian treatise, In His Steps. Are the things that we do …
… day to day, consistent w’ the beliefs that we proclaim? Do our Institutions operate in a way consistent w’ our deepest values?
We could also put this less diplomatically.#Wichita, which posits that the insistence & stridency of Free Market idolaters …
… and 2nd amendment extremists don’t make wrong things right. NB: this is no leftist screed, either. Almost shockingly relevant.
#Wichita. Terrific riposte to Kevin Costner’s (also terrific) libertarian Western parable, Open Range …
… Its John Locke is balanced, here, by Thomas Hobbes, its demand for entrepeneurial autonomy by the call for reasonable regulation.
#Wichita. A perfectly crafted jewel: script, image, direction all literally flawless. Then, after craft, profound implications. So adept, it’s moving …
… Also, Joel McCrea is a full 25 years older than Vera Miles.