1. The Searchers John Ford, 1956

2. John Ford Stagecoach, 1939 Grapes of Wrath, 1940 The Searchers, 1956 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962 4 Best Director Awards: 1935, 1940, 1941, 1952

3. War Years Commander in the Army Made Documentaries for the military The Battle of Midway, 1942 December 7th, 1943 They Were Expendable, 1945

4. Mise en Scene Location Shooting Long Shots with Deep Focus framed against “harsh and rugged natural terrain”

5. Stagecoach 1939 Ford’s first Western Orson Welles watched it many times before making Citizen Kane critical and commercial hit Filmed in Monument Valley

6. The Searchers 1956 Not only considered one of Ford’s best films, but one of the best Westerns ever made No Academy Award nominations Later achieved acclaim as the best Western of all time. (American Film Institute)

7. Jeffrey Church Text Ambivalent about the kind of modern individualism that Ethan represents Retreat from corrupt society and politics Need for recognition of his freedom from modern society self knowledge and freedom can’t be achieved in solitude Community at the margins of society

8. Racism Not for the sake of wealth Not the result of unthinking obedience understands the Comanche language condemned by the film