The Searchers is a realistic movie. John Ford captures American culture, a culture splintered by cultural upheavals due to the War Between the States. Family decisions force the disruption of blood lines, legacies fall on unexpected and unworthy members, while rage burns men's hearts and their labors into a bleak condition.
Ethan Edwards, the main character played by John Wayne, returns in a Confederate uniform to his brother's farm in Texas at the end of the civil war. That uniform is symbolic for the original principles of the fathers who founded this Christian country. Ethan Edwards is disgusted by what his country has become after four years of fighting for liberty. But the liberty that Ethan faces is not national liberty, but more about personal liberties and the clashes therein that lie within families. Families of the country have taken it on the chin, and in this movie is more relevant to the 1950's in which it was filmed than the post-War-Between-The-States.
Ethan Edwards, the main character played by John Wayne, returns in a Confederate uniform to his brother's farm in Texas at the end of the civil war. That uniform is symbolic for the original principles of the fathers who founded this Christian country. Ethan Edwards is disgusted by what his country has become after four years of fighting for liberty. But the liberty that Ethan faces is not national liberty, but more about personal liberties and the clashes therein that lie within families. Families of the country have taken it on the chin, and in this movie is more relevant to the 1950's in which it was filmed than the post-War-Between-The-States.
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