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EXTREMELY UNDERRATED FILM BY HOWARD HAWKS!!! MOST DEFINITELY SUPERIOR TO ALL THE WESTERNS HAWKS MADE DURING HIS ENTIRE CAREER WITHOUT A SINGLE EXCEPTION!!! AND I MEAN EXACTLY THAT: SURELY BETTER THAN THE MASTERPIECE "RIO BRAAVO'" AND ALL THE REST OF THE EXCELLENT, GOOD AND MEDIOCRE WESTERNS HE MADE!!! I JUST CANNOT FIGURE OUT THE EXTREMELY ABSURD RATING ON IMDB FOR THIS MAGNIFICENT WESTERN!!! PERHAPS I'M TOO IGNORANT ABOUT FILM AND FILMMAKING ALTHOUGH IT'S MY SPECIALTY!!! AND PERHAPS ROGER EBERT WAS AS DUMB AS I AM TO HAVE PUT THIS MASTERPIECE BY HAWKS ON HIS ALTERNATIVE/ALTERNATE LIST OF 100 TOP FILMS OF ALL TIME; ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO ADD FOR ANYBODY'S INFORMATION WHO IS READING THIS PAGE AT THE MOMENT THAT I DO NOT ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE WITH THE LATE RESPECTABLE EBERT!!!

IN MY OPINION, THE SINGLE BEST YASUJIRO OZU FILM! BETTER THAN HIS OTHER SUPER-MASTERPIECE "TOKYO MONOGATARI - ALSO 100/100"! ONE OF THE VERY BEST IN THE HISTORY OF WORLD CINEMA! MAKE SURE TO WATCH IT BEFORE YOU DIE; THAT IS IF YOU ARE A FAN OF ELITE JAPANESE MASTERS SUCH AS OZU, MIZOGUCHI, KUROSAWA, KOBAYASHI, SHINDO, ETC. GREAT/GREAT/GREAT ENDING; ONE OF THE TOPMOST ENDINGS FOR A FILM IN FILM HISTORY!!! AN ABSOLUTE 100/100.

DEFINITELY THE ULTIMATE FILM NOIR OF ALL TIME!!! AN ULTRA-MASTERPIECE UNMATCHED BY ANY OTHER SUPER-MASTERPIECE FILM NOIRS LET ALONE THE MASTERPIECE ONES!!! *** AN ABSOLUTE: * 100/100 *

MASTERPIECE EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA!!! ASIDE FROM BEING A GREAT FILM IN ITS OWN RIGHT AND GENRE, VERY LOVELY AND FUN TO WATCH!!! GREAT CINEMATOGRAPHY AND GREAT ACTING BY THE TWO AMATEUR LEADING GIRLS!!! LOVE THEIR INFANTILE/CLOWNISH ACCENTS/IDIOLECTS!!! VERY SERIOUS PICTORIALLY PHILOSOPHICAL FILM THAT RIDICULES ALMOST EVERYTHING WHILE BEING HIGHLY ENTERTAINING AT THE SAME TIME!!! BRAVO TO "Věra Chytilová"!!! VERY VERY INNOVATIVE/ORIGINAL/PERSONAL/STYLIZED FILM THAT CAN NOT BE EASILY IMITATED!!! AND NOT A SURREAL FILM AT ALL!!! MY ACTUAL RATING: 4.5/5=9/10