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Oh Man! What a timeless masterpiece! Today, as I continue transferring my sizeable collection of VHS to DVD, I watchjed SHANE for the first time in a very long time. This film in enigmatic. what a masterpiece! This film has all essential elements of a Timeless classic.The plot is very believeable, and the irony of the main charecters plight is quite essentially modern american alienation borne out in a cinematic western. How it speaks to the modern American man trying to outlive his past , only to find that the more you run, the less you are able to hide. Shane represents all that is good in man- a courageous man who repents of his sordid past,is willing to scarifice his pride and integrity to become a gentle man and decent citizen, yet when all is said and done, is too embroiled in the past to be able to live as he had desired. Yes, the fight scenes are melodramatic-how many times can Shane be hit over the head with a chair and still get up and fight off 6 husky cowboys?.. yet this is not the essence of the film. The last scene of the film is a classic for all time. Shane rides away, while the little boy whom he had secured a future for wails in lament "Shane -COme back Shane!" The way Shene waits untill the last moment to starp on his guns again lets you know that he actually must become the man he had desperatly tried to avoid being any longer. And the way he rides away lets you know that Shane is forever the gunslinger, and never the man who he had wanted to change into.Awesome!

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Topic - SHANE - jerryjg 20:34:43 07/23/06 (9)

Re: SHANE - Jon E. Busey 18:12:21 07/25/06 (0)

SHANE - Mr Underhill 14:02:42 07/24/06 (7)

My second favorite western too....right behind The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance... - TWB 00:04:37 07/28/06 (4)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance...also one of my favs - Mr Underhill 16:18:09 07/28/06 (3)

Re: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance...also one of my favs - rico 11:27:32 07/29/06 (2)

Daughter - Mr Underhill 05:12:26 07/30/06 (1)

Re: Daughter - rico 09:34:26 07/30/06 (0)

Re: SHANE - jerryjg 17:31:07 07/24/06 (1)

Re: SHANE - geoffkait 17:54:24 07/24/06 (0)

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