Saturday, August 18, 2012
END OF THE STORY
Today's movie was Walter Hill's
I got this as it was highly recommended in an article I read. A true, true story instead of the "based on" stuff.
The last days of the Apache and their great chief.
Two young officers become the last remaining positive possibility for the cornered Apache but they and the Apache are betrayed by a duplicitous general and the US government.
The good general, Gene Hackman, and a civvie guide are removed from the case. Jason Patric and the very young Matt Damon are left to try for peace. But it is a sham.
It is a sad story. Much of the film is in Apache with Wes Studi playing the great chief.
I really did like it as hard as it was to see the painful end of an era. Another holocaust.
They all went to Florida in cattle cars.
Jason Patric is wonderful. And hot.
The transfer is not the best, a bit washed out. Probably got to it too late. But that passes and you can see how a good director uses the land that he has been given to tell a story. It is enjoyable to see how the same 100 acres serve for so much in the film. No it is not obvious. I just watched closely. I live in the desert!
This is a 4 out of Netflix5. I would not mind seeing it again sometime.
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