The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford
Posted: October 13th, 2008The Assassination Of Jesse James
The last months of Jesse James’s life, from meeting Robert Ford, a 19-year-old who idolizes Jesse, to the day Ford shoots him. Jesse’s a wanted man, living under a pseudonym, carrying out a train robbery, disappearing to Kentucky, and reappearing to plan a bank holdup with Robert and Robert’s brother as his team. The rest of the gang is dead, arrested, or gone from Missouri. Whenever Jesse’s around, there’s tension: he’s murderous, quixotic, depressed, and cautious. Ford wants to be somebody and wants the reward. On April 3, 1882, things come to a head: Jesse is 34, Robert 20. Ford becomes famous, reenacting the shooting on stage, facing down the label “coward,” shot dead in 1892. Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}
From imdb.
My Rating: 8/10
Amazing soundtrack, beautiful picture. The movie has style and substance. Sadly it is a bit slow and long (160min). I really liked the introduction made by the narrator. Favorite narrator phrase:
Rooms seemed hotter when he was in them, rains fell straighter, clocks slowed, sounds were amplified.
(“he” being Jesse James)
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