25 janvier 2022
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Gilles Menegaldo, « The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: Convention, Subversion and Innovation », Éditions Rue d’Ulm, ID : 10670/1.84532f...
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is one of the most important films in Ford’s long career even though its critical reception was rather mixed at the time of its release. Some New York Times reviewers found it “creaky”, lacking in sophistication or even, as a New Yorker journalist explained, “a parody of Mr. Ford’s best work”. However since then, the film has acquired the status of a classic. It represents the acme of the genre deconstruction as it shows the relationships between unlawful vio...