Had I seen it when I was young, I probably would have been fascinated by Kael’s observation, wondering, with the idle intellectualism common at that age, how one might deal with a fascist film when one is not a fascist themselves.

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In the annals of Hollywood Westerns, this is truly one of the greats, cinematic warts and all.

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Whatever the film’s flaws, Stoker’s visual storytelling is masterful and operatic.

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