Destry Rides Again
Day 48
Film 37
Directed by: George Marshall
Written by: Felix Jackson, Henry Myers and Gertrude Purcell
Starring: Marline Dietrich and James Stewart

I have no idea at what way I should approach this film. This is the second of many films that I watched for a film class. because of that I am driven to think as my instructor told me to think. Destry is America, quiet quirky and more than able to fight when it needs to (or when a friend falls) but not the first to reach for a gun. America is a place that when the fight begins it will be carried not only by the men carrying the weapons but also by the women who will rise to the occasion. As a film that is trying to get a grip of the future in 1939 it seems to make a lot of sense.

Destry is a spectacular film. It is a fun western that keeps you enthralled by the narrative. At first look it does not seem to be the kind of film built to narrate the future's conflicts, but with the proper nudge it does seem to be very clearly forced into the film.