Film critic Ken Turan on his favorite Westerns
As we continue our Western Week on The Daily Circuit, L.A. Times Film Critic Ken Turan joins us to talk about his favorites.
In his new book, "Not to Be Missed," he talks about sitting side by side with his dad watching "Wagon Train" and "Maverick" and "Rawhide."
Turan also admires "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" starring James Stewart, John Wayne and Lee Marvin.
"'Liberty Valance' is a film that tells you everything you think you know is wrong both in terms of the immediate plot laid out before you and the bigger picture clash of forces that created the modern West," he writes.
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Which films would you watch over and over again because they are so enlightening and terrific? Leave your suggestions in the comments below.
Favorite films from the audience:
Julien Donkey-Boy
Joe Versus the Volcano
Godfather 2
The Red Shoes
Sweet Smell of Success
The Last Picture Show
Barry Lyndon
Stage Door
All About Eve
La Strada
The entire catalog of Hayao Miyazaki
A Serious Man
Little Big Man
The Razor's Edge
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Gone with the Wind
Vertigo
Rear Window
To Kill a Mockingbird
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
High Plains Drifter
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Third Man
E.T.
The Goonies
Jurassic Park
Doctor Strangelove
The Painted Veil
Modern Times
Ride the High Country
Sherlock, Jr.
Blazing Saddles
The Films of Wes Anderson
Bottle Rocket
Medium Cool
Cinema Paradiso
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