Jesse James (1939)
Directed by Henry King
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
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September 8, 2007 - On the heels of the more audience-friendly shoot 'em-up 3:10 to Yuma comes the ponderous but often pretentious epic The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford -- an intriguing visual poem starring Brad Pitt as the Old West icon and Casey Affleck, Pitt's co-star in the Ocean's films, as James' assassin.
Garret Dillahunt rolls off of his solid work in "Jesse James" to spin a different bit of simplemindedness, the goofy straight man for Jones's wry observations.
Blending techniques from "No Country" and "Jesse James," Deakins transports us to stark 1870s Arkansas through an almost sepia-tone prism of leather and wood, muted lighting, and broad landscapes, with the camera sneaking up on characters at times.