Gorgeous to look at...a thrilling labor of love...

what an odd cast for a western, also, this don't feel like the kind of western im used to, it feels too polished and sissy like, but at the same time full of violence. i have to remind myself not to watch westerns made after 70's, with a few exceptions. funny, i don't think i had ever heard of this before. might as well.


it's gonna be hard to go on,
when i made a move so wrong,
how could i have been so blind,
and didn't think of it at the time,
i put myself down low,
and i didn't seem to see it at all,
not even an impulse in a hurry,
it was thought through thurly,
i can't believe i'm such a turkey.

I am trilled to see a western filmed in the american southwest. From what I understand, the costs of filming a western movie in America is prohibitive. Even Costner's Open Range was filmed in Canada. But in 1985, building on the success of Star Wars and Speilberg's Indiana Jones, Kasdan was allowed to film in New Mexico. Silverado is placed in the beautiful mountains south of Los Alamos, in the Tent Rocks national monument area. Those are the beautiful white cliffs you see across the valley as the wagon train approaches Silverado.

For you movie fans, if you can, take a summer automobile trip to the southwest to see some of the sites -- Monument Valley, Nokaito Bench, Canyon de Chellys, Abiquiui, Old Tuscon, and other scenic treasures of this country. If their isn't already a book pointing out these places and their film history, perhaps I need to write one!

Every frame is filled with spectacular scenary...