MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You were voted the prettiest girl in the class. I was voted the boy most likely to succeed. Something should happen to people like that.”
Dick Powell in Pitfall
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Sharing #FilmDinner with Tina Louise and Robert Ryan. #NowWatching André de Toth's Day of the Outlaw (1959). #western #cinemastodon #AndréDeToth #TinaLouise #RobertRyan #FilmFriday

The self-righteous anger and violence has been a staple pathos for the Western genre. This tough male victimhood is as privileged and outdated as white supremacy movement that is rampant in this country. One can't deny that America is built on violence but no one wants to admit it. All highly regarded Westerns follow pretty much the same pathos - The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, etc. #AndredeToth's Day of the Outlaw is no exception but it makes a hero out of #RobertRyan's Blaise, a gruffy rancher without ever firing a gun. So kudos for that. Day of the Outlaw concerns a band of outlaws rolling into a small town headed by principled Bruhn who’s dying from bullet wounds. Sensing Bruhn’s death will destroy the town by thirsty & lusty bandits, Blaise decides to not to be blasé and lure them into the mountains to their deaths. It’s one of the best westerns I’ve seen. #TinaLouise is a real beaut. Snowcapped vista also accentuates the harshness of the American west. #western