the influence of John Ford on American cinema in 2006. Featuring interviews with
John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, and James Stewart, as well as directors
Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Walter Hill, and Martin Scorsese, the film offers a
number of fascinating insights into the life of a very private man, including a one-on-
one interview with Bogdanovich, where a much-annoyed Ford manages to grumble
out one-word answers.
screening of 16mm home movies by the director and take questions from the audience
following the presentation.
Ethan Edwards, a Civil War veteran who returns to his brother's home in Texas to
find tension between local ranchers and Native Americans. After a herd of cattle
disappears, Ethan goes looking for them, only to return home to find much of his
family murdered and his two nieces missing. He then launches a search for the
Comanches he believes kidnapped them. The cinematography evokes the vast
expanses of many Ford westerns, with beautiful and poignant parallel editing
that drives home the film's themes.