She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (John Ford, 1949)
This is the second in director John Ford's cavalry trilogy. The trilogy wasn't planned, it just kind of happened. But in all three films (Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Rio Grande) the subject is the lives of the U.S. cavalry men and their families who are stationed in a remote southwest fort, surrounded by hostile Apaches. And all three films have a fair amount of personal interactions and drama, with a liberal dose of comedy (ha, sorry John Wayne)...and of course a climax with a big battle.
This one is shot in technicolor which should be a plus. But on the DVD I watched the colors were all faded out, leaving mainly oranges, reds and yellow. Which is lucky as the single girl being courted by two young troopers, wears a yellow ribbon, the troopers do too, well not ribbons but they do wear yellow. To me the script felt unfocused and I never felt like I was involved with the story or it's characters. Maybe it was just me, I was distracted.
This one is shot in technicolor which should be a plus. But on the DVD I watched the colors were all faded out, leaving mainly oranges, reds and yellow. Which is lucky as the single girl being courted by two young troopers, wears a yellow ribbon, the troopers do too, well not ribbons but they do wear yellow. To me the script felt unfocused and I never felt like I was involved with the story or it's characters. Maybe it was just me, I was distracted.
Last edited by Citizen Rules; 02-03-20 at 01:33 PM.