Written for Introduction to Cinema at Rose State College - Professor Mallard - Spring 2025

It's very fitting that The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Ford et al.) would be one of John Ford's final movies as director (IMDB). This film would be released to the public just eleven years before Mr. Ford's departure from this life and his forty-five years of directing are seen all throughout (Krebs). The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is chocked full of symbolism, I believe it is a fitting film for our current times and maybe even a masterwork in filmmaking.

There's always been a limitation to how much you can experience music. The music itself reverberating through your ear canal, stimulating your brain, eliciting an emotional reaction. Sound has the power to bring you to tears, to put a smile on your face, even bring back memories. The rise of MTV and music videos truly brought music into the digital age, artists had the ability to add a visual element. The screen acting like a portal into the world where the song took place.