Talk:My Darling Clementine

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[edit] Historical Inaccuracies

So beat me with a wet noodle but I could not allow this category to stand unmodified by at least a disclaimer. John Ford was no naïve spectator of history. He knew Earp and reputedly had the story of the OK Corral told to him by Earp himself. He could discern fiction in a spicy re-telling as well as any of us--this film was not his attempt to set the record straight. Nor was he a huckster; he was not shilling for Wyatt Earp. Ford was a master story-teller, and more than anything he wanted to EVOKE with his images. His films are replete with the visual, the humorous, and grandeur. These are what make a Ford film. His poorest movies are those that failed to evoke on some level. I enjoy separating the kernels of truth from the chaff of myth or plain fiction--but I felt that the section as it stood was a negative POV regarding this movie. So I added the disclaimer to balance it and left the rest intact.--Buckboard 19:30, 21 March 2006 (UTC)