Shane: Johnson County War

[Henry Musikar]

Thanks, Alice.  

I took a course in Western Film at university. Shane was one of the films
that we notated in the dark and then discussed the societal position of its
hero, but the prof never mentioned the wires.  Cool!

Henry Mu
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-----Original Message-----
From: alice wellintown

Why the lush environment and the dis-embodied voices and stiff
characterizations? Well, it was a ot of new technology.
Shane was one of the first films in which actors were attached to
hidden wires that yanked them backwards when they were shot from the
front. Pynchon uses this technic in V..
The other thing I noticed is that you can see the stage, the lines
where the parts are joined together. Another feature of V..