简介："JacquesTourneuratworkincoloronWesternlandscapesissomethingtobehold.ThecreditsrolloveramatteofadampdayinPortland(slantingrooftops,aship’shalf-seenmast,boardsoveramuddystreet)that’spracticallyaGrafström,theOregonTrailthatfollowsisfinely-drawnwatercolor.ThenascentcommuneofJacksonvillewouldbeFordian,exceptthatDanaAndrews’negationofpiety("Amancanchoosehisowngods")andAndyDevine’sacknowledgementofIndianrights("We’reontheirland.Theyain’tlikelytoforgetthat")challengeManifestDestiny.Overlappingtriangles--Andrews-SusanHayward-PatriciaRoc,Andrews-Hayward-BrianDonlevy,Andrews-Roc-VictorCutler,Hayward-Donlevy-RoseHobart.HoagyCarmichaelwithmandolinamidtheramblersandsettlersiswastrel,commentator,mediator,andvoyeur("...alittlestoreandlotsoftime").Thecabin-risingsequencetipsitshattoHathaway’sTrailoftheLonesomePine,andwasstudiedbyWeir.Theweddingbashcelebrateswholenessbuttheseareforcesintenuousbalance,DonlevyvoicesTourneur’sambivalence("Theillusionofpeaceisuponit")momentsbeforetheIndiansmaterializeviaasinglereverseshotthatseemstointroduceaparallelworld.Anotherspace-expandingreverseshot,thistimeembodyingtensionsfromwithinratherthanfromwithout,takesplacerightbeforeAndrews’brawlwithWardBond,cuttingfromamedium-shotofthetwoatthesalooncountertoanotherrevealingthetownspeopleinthewings,waitingforthespectacle.(Thefight,remarkablybloodyandugly,hingesonthehauntedimageofthedisorientedBondsmashinghisfistintoawoodenpole.Haywardsitswiththecheeringcrowd.)Afilmof"thinmargins":Thesaloondoublesasahangingcourtroom,thegardenbecomesaninferno.TheviewofadazedRocwanderinginthewoodsaftertheslaughterisfromIWalkedwithaZombie,andfindsitswayintoDemme’sBeloved;StarsinMyCrownrevisitstheterritorywithhopeforharmony,butWichitaandGreatDayintheMorningknowbetter."…