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Soldier Blue (1970)

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Country: US
Technical: col/scope 114m
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence

Synopsis:

After an Indian attack leaves two survivors of a cavalry patrol, one of them a woman who has lived among the Cheyenne, their journey back to 'safety' becomes an education for the private in his perception of Native American culture.

Review:

With its notorious My Lai-inspired massacre of a Cheyenne village, Nelson's film risked clouding its polemical accusations of genocide with the exploitation-level portrayal of violence. The danger is that the film's climax is perceived as a kind of compensation for one and a half hours' bickering and speechifying, rather than its corollary.

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Country: US
Technical: col/scope 114m
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence

Synopsis:

After an Indian attack leaves two survivors of a cavalry patrol, one of them a woman who has lived among the Cheyenne, their journey back to 'safety' becomes an education for the private in his perception of Native American culture.

Review:

With its notorious My Lai-inspired massacre of a Cheyenne village, Nelson's film risked clouding its polemical accusations of genocide with the exploitation-level portrayal of violence. The danger is that the film's climax is perceived as a kind of compensation for one and a half hours' bickering and speechifying, rather than its corollary.


Country: US
Technical: col/scope 114m
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence

Synopsis:

After an Indian attack leaves two survivors of a cavalry patrol, one of them a woman who has lived among the Cheyenne, their journey back to 'safety' becomes an education for the private in his perception of Native American culture.

Review:

With its notorious My Lai-inspired massacre of a Cheyenne village, Nelson's film risked clouding its polemical accusations of genocide with the exploitation-level portrayal of violence. The danger is that the film's climax is perceived as a kind of compensation for one and a half hours' bickering and speechifying, rather than its corollary.

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