The greatest Western ever made, dissected by the people who were there.
7-part documentary on John Ford's 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' ] Changing of the Guard The Irascible Poet The Hero Doesn't Win, The Winner Isn't Heroic Most Good Things Happen By Accident The Great Protector Spotlight - Lee Marvin Print The Legend
Direction
Ford's cranky genius: tyrant, poet, accidental philosopher.
Writing
'Print the legend' — the most loaded final line in cinema.
Acting
Stewart's pain, Wayne's swagger, Marvin's terrifying charm.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ford shot the entire film on Paramount's cheapest Western sets, deliberately flat and stagey to evoke 'found memory.' The documentary reveals he wanted it to look like a historical record that might crumble.
Bogdanovich's interview was recorded just months before Ford's death in 1973; his defensive, almost angry tone when discussing Ford's cruelty suggests wounds that never healed.
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