John Wayne query--multiple responses

From: Robert Hunt <[email protected]>

Make sure they learn Godard's comment about hating John Wayne when he
defends Goldwater but loving him when he picks up Natalie Wood at the end
of t"The Searchers"...  and maybe give a listen to Wayne's 1973 rap album...

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From: Michael Fitzgerald <[email protected]>


I would also suggest you have them read his Playboy interview from 1981.

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From: <[email protected]>

Book--John Wayne: American
Famous Playboy Magazine Interview
His speech at Harvard
A documentary (shown on PBS) about Ford and Wayne--title is something like
"They Taught Us How to Be Men"

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From: thomas phillipson <[email protected]>

There's a great essay by Joan Didion titled "John Wayne: A Love Song"
(available in her book "Slouching Towards Bethlehem") that nicely
illuminates the mystique of John Wayne.

Here's  a copy of it online:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/article1478912.ece

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From: Paul Schulte <[email protected]>

Dear Edward,

The  only book I would use is Yakima Canutt's autobiography (out-of-print),
or selections from it.  I would start with showing Singin' Sandy where John
plays the first singing cowboy (I use the term singing loosely).  This film
has the first example I could find of the modern screen fight.  It also
includes examples of the old style fighting so you can contrast them.  John
and Yakima 'invented' the modern screen fight.  I would then show the
brilliant screen fight from The Quiet One.

John Wayne is to be seen in his greatest films and his fun films.  He is not
to be read about.  You can read about the Sistine Chapel, but until you
experience it, you cannot really know its greatness.  I would show
Stagecoach, McClintock, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers, True Grit,
The Shootist, Rio Bravo, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Maybe The
Comancheros, Red River, Rio Grande.  And I would show The Quiet Man, just
because I love the film. :) I would justify it by saying that Wayne was not
just cowboy star and that he and John Ford went to the wall to get the film
made.

Good luck with your course.
Paul Schulte
Arizona Educational Consultants
Gilbert, AZ