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Retrospective

Rancho Notorious

From Fritz Lang

With Marlene Dietrich, Arthur Kennedy, Mel Ferrer, Gloria Henry, William Frawley, Jack Elam

Year 1952

Duration 89 min.

Language English

Cowboy Vern is searching for the man who murdered his fiancée. His trail leads him to the remote Chuck-a-Luck ranch, where a former saloon girl provides shelter to outlaws in exchange for a share of their loot… RANCHO NOTORIOUS is anything but an ordinary Western: filmed entirely in a studio, the use of rear projection and artificial landscapes highlights the film’s "constructed" nature—with Marlene Dietrich at its center, appearing both aged and ageless as she revisits her earlier roles as a wicked temptress. Tony Rayns notes: "The fateful morality, the consistent avoidance of any naturalism, and the weaving of a ballad into the plot make this a genuinely Langian work. If one were to add a political stance, one could almost call it Brechtian." (Florian Widegger)