June 9, 2000
Gunning for John Ford at the Auteur Corral
Like a volatile dot-com start-up, the reputation of motion-picture directors soars and sputters in the stock market of critical opinion. Once-sure things like Cecil B. DeMille and Stanley Kramer fail to pay off, while risky investments in Sam Fuller and Billy Wilder prove surprisingly profitable. Of course, the sturdy old blue chips tend to weather the cyclical ups and downs with long-term returns. That's why the present devaluation of John Ford, the Hollywood
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