É o rosto do ideal norte-americano. Anticomunista,
conservador, nacionalista, apoiou a Guerra do Vietname e proferiu declarações
como esta: «I believe in white supremacy, until the blacks are educated to a
point of responsibility. I don't believe giving authority and positions of
leadership and judgment to irresponsible people... I don't feel we did wrong
in taking this great country away from [the Native Americans]... Our so-called
stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival. There were great numbers of people
who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for
themselves». Compreendê-lo ajuda a compreender igualmente os fundamentos
da nação mais poderosa do mundo, assim como ver o legado cinematográfico que
alimenta o mito: Tall in the Saddle (1944), Red River (1948), Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), The Searchers (1956), Rio Bravo (1959), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), El Dorado (1966), True Grit (1969), The Cowboys (1972).
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