What to expect
Shot largely on location in Arizona, the film joins landscape spectacle to an early sound Western and preserves Clark Gable’s talking-film debut in a supporting role.
How to ease in
Let the landscape establish what is at stake before following the feud. Do not allow Gable’s later fame to turn a supporting antagonist into the film’s centre.
Heads-up
A long-running feud over land and water draws a younger generation into divided loyalties, business rivalry, and romance.
The desert looks open, yet every path is claimed by an old grievance. I like how distance makes the feud seem both enormous and needlessly small.
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The desert looks open, yet every path is claimed by an old grievance. I like how distance makes the feud seem both enormous and needlessly small.
— Momo
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