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The Language of Stories: A Cognitive Approach

Barbara Dancygier

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How do we read stories? How do they engage our minds and create meaning? Are they a mental...

The Delightful Undoing of Patricia Enid Guppy

Gina Collia-Suzuki

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Patricia Enid Guppy is in a pickle. With the aid of her husband, Benjamin, she has lied, swindled...

Lawrence Kasdan recommended Red River (1948) in Movies (curated)

Red River (1948)

1948 | Action, Adventure, Drama

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"One more. I’d have to say Red River. Great Western. John Wayne, Monty Clift — Monty Clift couldn’t be more wrong for a Western, and yet it totally works. When they finally have their fist fight at the end, they’ve taken and shot Wayne to even out the fight, because Wayne was about six inches taller than Clift, and 80 pounds heavier, and the fight works fine. The spirit of the cattle drive is extraordinary, the amount of drama that happens; the father and son struggle — in essence the Oedipal struggle, even though he’s not actually his son — between Clift and John Wayne, is magnificent. It’s pure Hawks: Men on the trail doing something dangerous, and doing it well. You can’t ask for a better Western. It talks about the whole opening of Texas, and it talks about the relationship between men. It talks about the dynamics of leadership, talks about betrayal. It’s Shakespearian, really, without any pretention. Pure Hawks."

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