Movie: "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

The mesmerizing combination of photography, film direction, story narration and story telling makes The Assassination of Jesse James . . . one of those rare films that uses the whole arsenal of tools available to a film maker. This is a demonstration of why cinema can be called an art form. There are films that look good. There are films that tell a good story with a smartly written script. There are films that are so well acted they can touch an audience. This film does it all. The story, by the way, under scores the fact that fascination with celebrity is not a new phenomenon. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a masterpiece. [ RT ]