6/23/2023 0 Comments Lonely are the braveLathrop, who a few years later lensed Norman Jewison's classic crime drama The Cincinnati Kid. The novel was adapted by Dalton Trumbo, who had already worked with Stanley Kubrick on Spartacus. The original material for the film comes from an equally spectacular novel by Edward Abbey titled the The Great Cowboy. It is very simple and humane, and the way out makes perfect sense. This is precisely why Douglas loved the film. If it did, it would have completely invalidated the cowboy's journey, which is not about successfully reaching Mexico but finding a logical way out of the new West. It bids farewell to the classic western character that made him a legend in the most powerful yet glamor-free manner imaginable, without asking for sympathy. It is easy to understand why Douglas declared Lonely Are the Brave his favorite film. He can keep riding, but how far can he go? And does it actually matter if he crosses into Mexico? While the local Sheriff (Walter Matthau) oversees the chase, it gradually becomes crystal clear that even though the cowboy is much better than the men that are after him he can't win because his time has passed. What follows is a very intense chase through the rugged mountains and yet the focus of attention is elsewhere. If he moves fast and goes through the mountains there is a good chance that he can make it. The men part ways, but not before the cowboy gets a good beating from the Deputy Sheriff (George Kennedy) and loses a tooth.īack out in the open the cowboy finally admits to himself that he has wasted his time and decides to head down to Mexico. In the old days he could have done it, but not now, because being a hero is no longer a good idea. The cowboy then reveals his plan and while the two begin cutting the metal bars of their cell door his friend informs him that he can't come with him. The cowboy smiles at her and then casually walks to a nearby bar, causes a big brawl, and gets booked in the same prison where his friend is serving a sentence. It is why her husband is now in prison - like the cowboy he did not change his ways, and he did not think that he had to until he got busted. Will it work? It should, but his friend's wife (Gena Rowlands) warns him that a lot has changed while he was away. The cowboy knows it too, but when he discovers that his best friend (Michael Kane) is in prison, he still puts together a bold plan to get him out of there. He looks great, he does all the right things, but his time has passed. Obviously, David Miller's film Lonely Are the Brave and Red Sun offer completely different types of entertainment, but Kirk Douglas' cowboy is the same doomed outsider that Mifune plays. Can he still survive? He can, but only if he betrays the hero that lives inside him. A fast sword and a sharp mind are no longer enough for the samurai to emerge victorious because he has to dodge bullets. Even more importantly, the time isn't right for him. Do you recall Terence Young's film? Mifune's samurai looks great in it and does all the things that would have made him a formidable hero back home in Japan, but he is in the wild West. Once it became clear what the cowboy's plan was my mind immediately forced me to compare him to the samurai that Toshiro Mifune plays in Red Sun. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. The supplemental features on the disc include vintage trailer for the film archival featurettes and exclusive new audio commentary by critics Howard S. Svet Atanasov, May 27, 2020ĭavid Miller's "Lonely Are the Brave" (1962) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
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