{"id":40022,"date":"2018-01-22T11:25:42","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T18:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=40022"},"modified":"2022-01-26T16:15:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T23:15:15","slug":"far-country-the-1954","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=40022","title":{"rendered":"Far Country, The (1954)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Where there&#8217;s gold, there&#8217;s stealing. Where there&#8217;s stealing, there&#8217;s killing!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Poster-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-40023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Poster-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Poster-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Poster-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Poster.jpg 1062w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA cattle-driver (Jimmy Stewart) hoping to earn money by selling his herd in the Yukon is arrested for murdering two employees who tried to steal his cows, and sentenced to loss of his animals by a Seattle-area judge (John McIntire). After agreeing to accompany a savvy saloon owner (Ruth Roman) on her trip to set up a new business in a frontier town, he steals his cattle back and takes them along, supported by his long-time buddy (Walter Brennan) and a young French-Canadian (Corinne Calvert) with a crush on Stewart. But McIntire refuses to back down without a fight, and swears he&#8217;ll punish Stewart once he&#8217;s back on American soil.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anthony Mann Films<\/li>\n<li>Gold Seekers<\/li>\n<li>Jimmy Stewart Films<\/li>\n<li>John McIntire Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<li>Ruth Roman Films<\/li>\n<li>Walter Brennan Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;fourth in the five-film Anthony Mann-James Stewart western series&#8221; &#8220;has many elements of the other entries &#8212; a hero with a shady past, a revenge motif, strong violence, a beautiful but rugged landscape &#8212; but it&#8217;s weaker than the others&#8221;. He notes that &#8220;most significantly, it lacks the typical Mann-Stewart antagonist who represents Stewart&#8217;s alter ego, someone with a similar background who is the character Stewart would become if he didn&#8217;t reform&#8221;. He adds that &#8220;Stewart&#8217;s character is neither interesting nor appealing&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Stewart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Stewart.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1823\" height=\"1021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Stewart.png 1823w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Stewart-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Stewart-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Stewart-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Stewart-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Stewart-1536x860.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Stewart-482x270.png 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1823px) 100vw, 1823px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;neither are the two women who love him: good-bad girl Roman:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1825\" height=\"1015\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman2.png 1825w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman2-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman2-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman2-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman2-1536x854.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman2-485x270.png 485w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman2-1038x576.png 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1825px) 100vw, 1825px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and tomboy Corinne Calvert, who&#8217;s too sweet and innocent for a Mann film&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1839\" height=\"1021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert2.png 1839w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert2-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert2-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert2-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert2-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert2-1536x853.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert2-486x270.png 486w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert2-1038x576.png 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1839px) 100vw, 1839px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, he notes that &#8220;the romantic scenes are trite, [and] the action scenes are unwieldy&#8221;. I&#8217;m in agreement with some of Peary&#8217;s assessment &#8212; particularly re: Calvert&#8217;s out-of-place portrayal as a young Francophone woman prone to petulantly asserting her maturity: &#8220;I&#8217;m NOT a freckle face. I&#8217;m a woman!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1823\" height=\"1025\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert3.png 1823w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert3-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert3-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Calvert3-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1823px) 100vw, 1823px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, I actually find Roman&#8217;s business-woman &#8220;Ronda Castle&#8221; quite interesting: she&#8217;s a refreshingly strong-willed, independent, boldly sexual counterpart for Stewart, and effectively serves as his &#8220;antagonist&#8221;. She helps to flesh out the story&#8217;s focus on entrepeneurial grit &#8212; mixed with plenty of corruption, greed, and violence &#8212; in early mining towns. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1823\" height=\"1011\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman.png 1823w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman-1024x568.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman-1536x852.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman-487x270.png 487w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Roman-1038x576.png 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1823px) 100vw, 1823px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>William H. Daniels&#8217; Technicolor cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Technicolor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Technicolor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1687\" height=\"1027\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Technicolor.png 1687w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Technicolor-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Technicolor-1024x623.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Technicolor-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Technicolor-768x468.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Technicolor-1536x935.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Technicolor-444x270.png 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1687px) 100vw, 1687px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Effective location shooting (at Saskatchewan Glacier and in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Avalanche.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Avalanche.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1831\" height=\"1017\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Avalanche.png 1831w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Avalanche-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Avalanche-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Avalanche-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Avalanche-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Avalanche-1536x853.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Avalanche-486x270.png 486w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Far-Country-Avalanche-1038x576.png 1038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1831px) 100vw, 1831px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s certainly worth a look for its historical relevance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0048055\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1955\/02\/14\/archives\/the-screen-tall-in-the-saddle-james-stewart-rides-to-the-far.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/19312\/the-far-country#articles-reviews?articleId=25843\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s802far.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Where there&#8217;s gold, there&#8217;s stealing. Where there&#8217;s stealing, there&#8217;s killing!&#8221; Synopsis: A cattle-driver (Jimmy Stewart) hoping to earn money by selling his herd in the Yukon is arrested for murdering two employees who tried to steal his cows, and sentenced to loss of his animals by a Seattle-area judge (John McIntire). After agreeing to accompany a savvy saloon owner (Ruth Roman) on her trip to set up a new business in a frontier town, he steals his cattle back and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=40022\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40022"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80643,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40022\/revisions\/80643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}