双虎屠龙

几乎完美的对称结构引申出三个明星之间角力的故事，射杀liberty和valance（violence）的双重隐喻让思辨深度扩大，Rance代表的公正法治等传统主流价值观最终取代了韦恩和马文为代表的西部价值体系，但福特又对此发问是否真的行得通，毕竟时间已经来到了1962年，西部片甚至超西部片都已经式微，福特小锅小灶的气象难敌大制片厂崩溃后走投无路拍出的巨片。正如片中决斗的那一幕，在标志性的酒吧门口，曾经站在烈日下或者路灯里压低帽檐准备拔枪的英雄，如今已经站在了转角的阴影中，目睹着恶势力与温和派正义公理的擦枪走火，然后适时地给上一枪，事了拂衣去深藏功与名，由是我们知道福特心中仍然还有对西部片鼎盛时代的念想。特别最后一段，Rance借助这一枪仕途顺利，故事成为传奇，低下头时却只有他自己知道是那个英雄奠定了今天的一切——这不就是类型片迭代更替的历史写真吗？不过福特聪明地表达出西部片为后来者引领浪潮居功至伟的自夸，也有徒然喟叹辉煌不再的伤感，当然更有俯瞰将来继之而起的一众类型片的志得意满。

#继续刷Jimmy#想看部跟他以往作品区别大的，就选了这片。Jimmy虽然老了，嗓音却还是清脆，身材也仍旧瘦弱。头一次看约翰韦恩的电影，真是从头到脚和西部片配全身啊！

剧情其实很简单，双虎屠龙就是一文一武联手斗悍匪。开始以为会是Jimmy用他信任的法律加上韦恩精妙的枪法，后来才明白法律其实根本没啥大用，最后还是要靠武力解决。这块后面的反转倒是不错，否则说服力就太薄弱了。

剧中的感情戏也加分很多，虽然是典型的三角恋，但是丝毫不狗血。硬朗的牛仔准备好迎接新娘的一切，就是羞于向本尊表白。女主也是缺什么就向往什么，对有学识不粗鲁的律师日久生情，况且穿着围裙的Jimmy又是那么惹人怜爱。看到牛仔烧房子的时候心都碎了，眼看着要到手的媳妇被“外来的和尚”截了胡，还不能施展自己的本事夺回来。无论是仙人掌花还是最后他那双千疮百孔的靴子，都忍不住掉下了眼泪。

没怎么看过西部片，感觉这部也不算那种典型的。以后会刷约翰韦恩。哈哈哈。

In my opinion, this film presents the conflict between modern civilization which emphasizes literacy and rules of law, and the Western traditional culture which is ruled by law of force.

The story takes place in the town of Shinbone where the people live here follows an unwritten rule: the man who carries the gun gets the power. One of the main male characters, Ransom Stoddard as an attorney at law with proper education, is the best representation of modern civilization in this film. He came to this Western state with a satchel full of law books but without a gun and got robbed and bullied by Liberty Valance, the villain representing savage cruelty, at the first night he arrived. Tom Doniphon, a rich and respected farmer in this town who is as good at shooting as Liberty Valance, suggested Ransom acquiring a gun to protect himself while this proposition was rejected by Ransom at first, because he believed crime shall be terminated by legal sanction instead of violence. There leads to a debate: whether a man need to carry a gun to protect himself or his belief.

At the very beginning, Ransom seemed misfit to this community. He believed in the power of law and attempted to find out solutions to every problem through his books. However, soon he found that most of residents here were not able to read and write at all. Therefore, he organized lessons for local people including both children and adults to teach them read, and more importantly, understand constitution and human rights. Shinbone was moving toward from an unnamed territory to a vote on statehood at that time, and residents were encouraged by Ransom to actively participation into the election. Ransom and the newspaper editor were elected as the representatives, but the rule of force did not give way to the rule of law until Liberty Valance was killed in a shootdown. It’s ironic that though Ransom firmly believe the power of law, the rule of law cannot be enforced in his willingness without violence.

I think what signals that the rule of force is replaced by rule of law in this film is, rather than the death of Liberty Valance, the time when Tom Doniphon shot Liberty but still give his credit to Ransom. He killed the villain in the illegal way, and he did not earn any reputation for it. The honor went to the man who spreads knowledge and stands for law. It also suggests that the personal heroism is outdated in the Western movies.