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Re: Sight and Sound (2002) Greatest Films Club
the passage of time is marked by the changing seasons and the dialogue telling us how much time specifically has passed. As for whether anyone is that stupid or not, the visual subtext suggests that Debbie and possibly the older sister who was raped and murdered (but not married, a maid), was in fact John Wayne's daughter, not just his neice. It's perhaps less likely that Martin would continue to search, unless you take into account that the girls were like sisters to him, as he was a half indian infant brought to the family by Ethan to be raised by whites.
And actually I thought the way that Ford handled that rape and murder enhanced the impact rather than took away from it. The "Do I have to paint ya a picture!" scene is one of my favorites in the entire film.
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