Yes, premiered in my home after I got in in the mail today, after 12:00pm, on 05/27/20/ near one on the Samsung 3D t.v., in it's original 3D and wide screen look , since it's original theatrical premiere at the time 3D was dying,1954,seen through my active E. Dimensional 3D glasses. Almost the same cast was in this film as they were in the earlier ,It came from outer space,Barbara Rush and character actor Joe Sawyer.This was Barbara's second 3D film and her first in Technicolor playing Oona the love interest of the film version of Taza.This was Rock Hudson first big roles, I think.It was also an audition for the later Magnificent Obsession.It was Sirks first western and his first and only 3d film.It was Universal's biggest of all the westerns they had shot that year. It was different too than all westerns.In this case it's the white males that are the bad guys and the Indians are played as the victims.Sirk portrayed the west more realistically than most westerns of the time.The technicolor of the film was less brights and a bit more muted in order to be more realistic.It was shot in non Anamorphic wide screen ,also. it was an unusual western.Although Rock
Hudson has claimed his was his worst films .In truth this was one of his best roles. This was also one of the better 3D films of the time.Even though it had a few things being flown at the camera ,it was tied to the story and plot .The story and plot and characters came first 3D was second.In 2D this film is good,but the 3d brings you into the film like virtual reality .You witness more feeling from the characters cause your closer too it. Character actor ,who was also handsome, Gregg Palmer,the one you have seen on many westerns, plays the understanding Captain Burnett, who tries to give Taza a chance that Taza can police his own tribe.Some of the Tribe remember don't like it and want to go back to war against the white men especially the elderly member ,played by Morris Ankrum, and Taza brother played by Rex reason and others played by Ian McDonald.The tribes are portrayed very realistically.The violence is explicit too.The scenes where dissent members of Taza's tribe kills white settlers.Morris Ankrum beats Barbara Rush with a Cat-o nine tail.The wounds that are discovered by Taza on her back.Douglas Sirk did not shy away from Brutality.The cinema photography was created by the same cinema photographer that did Spartacus.Many scenes shot at the park in Utah.This Blu- Ray version comes with Commentary by film historian David Del Stone and screen play writer,C.Courtney Joyner. Unfortunately one of them don't like 3d and labels it a gimmick and express the myth than the reason why it died in the fifties was that people were fed up with three Dee glasses from the fact that it died cause of the out of control phase and shutter problems that were occurred and not making 3d glasses comfortable ,chasing people out of the theater and discouraging theater owners in 3d presentations result of these problems.It is worth watch both in 3D and 2D,but if you have a 3D set up you will be brought into the movie.Wonderful. Once again Bob Furmanek and the 3D archives did a wonderful job restoring this classic western in it's original glory.Read about it on the 3D archives website. 05/27/20, 6:24pm Central
Review of Taza, Son of Cochise
