As part of the Guardian and Observer Film Season, we settled down for an afternoon matinee of John Wayne romance The Quiet Man, as voted for by you. What happened when Andrew Pulver turned on Channel 4 at 12:05pm?
11.42am: Last night Michael Hann roughed it out with Daniel Craig in gangster thriller Layer Cake. The night before, Steve Rose and David Thomson tried to decipher David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.
Today, we're going for a change of pace, as Guardian film editor Andrew Pulver watches The Quiet Man, in which John Wayne plays a retired boxer who romances Maureen O'Hara in Ireland.
11.46am: But we need your help. Let us know what you reckon to the film. Does the Duke convince? Is this one of John Ford's finest? Post a comment at the bottom of the thread, tweet @guardianfilm or email Andrew Pulver.
11.49am: Hello everyone. Never...
11.42am: Last night Michael Hann roughed it out with Daniel Craig in gangster thriller Layer Cake. The night before, Steve Rose and David Thomson tried to decipher David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.
Today, we're going for a change of pace, as Guardian film editor Andrew Pulver watches The Quiet Man, in which John Wayne plays a retired boxer who romances Maureen O'Hara in Ireland.
11.46am: But we need your help. Let us know what you reckon to the film. Does the Duke convince? Is this one of John Ford's finest? Post a comment at the bottom of the thread, tweet @guardianfilm or email Andrew Pulver.
11.49am: Hello everyone. Never...
- 10/5/2010
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
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