The landscape of The Searches proves to be a powerful part of the film. Providing it with the dry desert feel, the lack of green and immense detail to the sky, mountings and native land, is the epitome of a country western. As written about by Tompkins, “the desert is the landscape of death.” This plays a role in the film due to the challenges the cowboy, Ethan, faces. Additionally, the dust that tends to make wave in the shots during the film, add to the realness of film. The endurance Ethan must have and also acquire is enormous as proven during the journey with the horses through the foot of snow. Blinding the viewer’s eyes, the film at this point is showing the blankness that Tompkins voiced as well. As simple as this scene is, it implies mystery that Ethan faces finding his niece. Lastly, the romance that Tompkins refers to is shown in The Searchers between Ethan and Martha. Although never spoken about, the obsession he has to Martha, is similar to the relationship to a little boy in the playground, to the girl he likes, but does not know how to show his feelings to.
The landscape of The Searches proves to be a powerful part of the film. Providing it with the dry desert feel, the lack of green and immense detail to the sky, mountings and native land, is the epitome of a country western. Tompkims discusses and states that, “the desert is the landscape of death.” This plays a role in the film due to the challenges the cowboy, Ethan, faces. Additionally, the dust that tends to make wave in some of the scenes, adds to the realness of film. The endurance Ethan has as well as the strength that he acquires is enormous as proven during the journey with the horses through the foot of snow. Blinding the viewer’s eyes, the film at this point is showing the blankness that Tompkins voiced as well. As simple as this scene is, it implies mystery that Ethan faces finding his niece. Lastly, the romance that Tompkins refers to is shown in The Searchers between Ethan and Martha. Although never spoken about, the obsession he has to Martha, is similar to the relationship to a little boy in the playground, to the girl he likes, but does not know how to show his feelings to
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