Back in the day I had an argument with someone who basically said if you like John Wayne you are a fascist. I don't think that is the case. I think you don't have to agree with someone's politics if you like their movies or songs. Jean-Luc Godard who was left wing said of the Searchers
described the film as “a Homeric odyssey,” and frequently lauded its grandeur, heralding it is an American classic.
He said it defined the “mystery and fascination of the American cinema. . . . How can I hate John Wayne upholding Goldwater and yet love him when abruptly he takes Natalie Wood in his arms in the last reel of The Searchers?”
He said it defined the “mystery and fascination of the American cinema. . . . How can I hate John Wayne upholding Goldwater and yet love him when abruptly he takes Natalie Wood in his arms in the last reel of The Searchers?”
