Shane! Come back, Shane!
One of my all time favorite movies.
The waltz. Goodbye Old Paint—I’m Leaving Cheyenne.
I had to look it up, and found this wonderful review:
https://classicfilmobsessions.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-unexpected-beauty-in-shane-1953.html
It includes the opening sequence as the credits roll. I choke up every time I hear it.
How could Steyn’s writer overlook this observation:
“There is beauty in portrayal of the chaste relationship between Shane and Marian. Not a single word or touch passes between them beyond what is necessary, but rather, only looks, and later, motivations for action, can convey the depth of their feelings.”
It’s a great film and one of my personal favorites. The violence is quite vehement because George Stevens, who recorded the European theater of war during WWII, wanted to show what real violence was like. So the two major fight sequences - particularly the one near the barn between Shane and Joe - are staged with brutal realism. I always wince at the poor horses straining to get away from them.
And the three-way relationship of the adults in the film is handled with wonderful sympathy. What a movie!