Episode 672: Johnny Guitar (1954)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Western Month continues with a look at Nicholas Ray’s Johnny Guitar. Released in 1954 the film stars Sterling Hayden as the titular Mr. Guitar. However, he’s outshone in the film by Joan Crawford as Vienna and Mercedes McCambridge as Emma, two women with a history.

Andras Jones and David Kittredge join Mike to discuss this unusual Western.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Shut it off.
0:21.6	Turn it off.
0:24.6	Turn it off. It's a Johnny guitar says he has the appointment with you.
0:51.3	I'll see him late.
0:53.3	There'll be plenty going on here soon.
0:56.0	Tell me, why did you pick this spot to do?
1:00.0	How would you possibly know that the railroad was coming this way?
1:03.0	Some time ago I ran into your surveyor and we exchanged confidences.
1:09.0	Come on down, Vienna.
1:12.3	Take a good look.
1:13.4	We want the dancing kid in his bunch.
1:15.3	You're one of them.
1:16.3	Someone holds up the stagecoach.
1:17.9	Your brother is killed, and all you can think about is hanging the dancing kid.
1:21.5	You know he didn't do it.
1:23.7	We're taking you and your men into custody.
1:31.3	Eddie. You can stop spinning the wheel.
1:36.3	We don't want you here. Saw the stage being held.
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