Dan Ford (1) (1945–)

Far from being an academic biography, Pappy is instead more a personal testimony from John Ford's grandson. As such it makes for a less critical but still insightful look at just who might be America's greatest filmmaker, John Ford. That is why the stories related in this volume work so well. You can put them in the context of more thoroughly hard edged reviews, such as Tag Gallagher's John Ford: The Man and His Films or even Lindsay Anderson's sometimes harsh but more often tribute filled About John Ford. As such, then, this volume becomes a wonderful introductory work on the life of Ford. Not to mention that reader will finally find out what a Flying W is, and probably be outraged when you he finds out.… (altro)