tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post116955428037248183..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Movie Indians = the "other"Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1169891415523787042007-01-27T01:50:00.000-08:002007-01-27T01:50:00.000-08:00See New World, Old Myth for lots of reviews of The...See <A HREF="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/newworld.htm" REL="nofollow"><I>New World</I>, Old Myth</A> for lots of reviews of <I>The New World</I>, including mine.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1169869201872489492007-01-26T19:40:00.000-08:002007-01-26T19:40:00.000-08:00"It is as though they merely are spear-carriers in..."It is as though they merely are spear-carriers in the story of their own demise."<BR/><BR/>You know, the other night I saw this movie and was impressed, for once:<BR/><BR/>http://www.thenewworldmovie.com/<BR/><BR/>Being Canadian, and calling to mind the history of Chief Donnacona's kidnapping, and that of his sons Dom Agaya and Taignogny, and how they must have felt with the European intrusion and subterfuge - I felt this was a very sensitive portrayal and also very deep. <BR/><BR/>Q'orianka Kilcher's Pocahontas is hauntingly beautiful. Sometimes true visionaries speak through the medium of film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1169806899107333032007-01-26T02:21:00.000-08:002007-01-26T02:21:00.000-08:00I don't know where the Wayne image comes from, so ...I don't know where the Wayne image comes from, so I'll take your word for it.<BR/><BR/>Even if Wayne didn't kill many Indians on-screen, he personifies the cowboy archetype. In many people's minds, he personifies America. That's why he was the nation's No. 1 box-office star long after his moviemaking prime.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1169782565210881392007-01-25T19:36:00.000-08:002007-01-25T19:36:00.000-08:00That looks like an image of John Wayne from "Red R...That looks like an image of John Wayne from "Red River", another one of those "vanishing race" vehicles where Indians are getting in the way of Westward expansion. I hate those Westerns that portray Indians not as a vital, thriving and important culture base, but as a violent nuisance. It's extremely insensitive film making and another ugly blemish covered up to romanticize the cruel truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com