![]() "Canyon Passage" is far from a typical or ordinary Western, even though it concerns with theme of the affirmation of the American Myth or the cohesion of community. When I first saw "Canyon Passage", I was a little puzzled by it, especially the relationship between Dana Andrews' Logan and Brian Donlevy's George, but successive viewings and Chris Fujiwara's book were extremely helpful. You will probably not going to notice its emotional richness if you have just seen it once. The meaning often shifts and turns, revealing new depths, emotions, insights. Here is a movie rich with pictorial beauty and simplicity, yet every time I watch it, I discover new things. ![]() Of all Tourneur pictures I have seen, "Canyon Passage" is the most endlessly fascinating. What at first appears to be vague or meandering tale is in fact an infinitely personal work with a subtle direction. Tourneur's first Western is yet another of the director's unjustly misunderstood works.
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