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In Reply to: RE: An amazing performance in the title role; has any actor aged as well, as posted by eppis1 on December 02, 2009 at 13:31:50
Jewish demeanor than Dustin Hoffman.... portraying a Native-American? C'mon! He's the friggin' Graduate.
The movie was horrific, as well.
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whether you even saw the movie. So your analysis of the film as "horrific" is meaningless.
"dammit"
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DH's character in LBM was a white (Caucasian) raised by an Indian (Native American) tribe, from a boy. There was no attempt in the film to pass him off as a true Native American. In fact, if you'd seen the movie you'd know that several plot points directly hinge on him being white.
Please explain how this is connected to Tony Curtis in some absurd bit of casting.
Holyshit.....
"dammit"
Let's not forget Joey Bishop as an Indian! nt
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"The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mel Brooks portrayed an Indian in Blazing Saddles. Woody Allen portrayed one in Zelig. Why can't Dustin Hoffman portray one?
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“ Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination. ” -Michael McClure
Actually Hoffman's character is not native American-his race is not stated in the story, to my best recollection. He is part of a settler's wagon train that get massacred by American Indians (not certain of the tribe), and he is captured and raised by the Cheyenne. His character can't seem to succeed in either Indian side or the white side. I guess one could call it a picaresque, violent tragicomedy. That's a mouthful! The military battles and massacres are based on historical occurrences. I thought it was mostly excellent, and very unsettling. Richard Mulligan's Custer, and Dunaway's wife/prostitute are grand characters. The native Americans are portrayed with compassion and humanity. I saw it several times in theater, and can't find anything negative to say about it. A fine western.
..as an offbeat and compassionate take on the "American Western".
It takes a tribe of "Human Being" to turn Hollywood bias on its head - a pre-classic to a modern sensibility on the subject on revisionist Western history.
Arthur Penn made this 1970 doosie, that shows compassion for indigenous peoples - could be an allegory for missguided 20th century policies, domestic (Vietnam) and foreign (Israeli-Palestinian) conflicts.
It stepped on the establishment's toes.
I love it.
(as in all his film roles) a brilliant Human Being.
Old Lodge Skin:"There is an endless supply of white men. There has always been a limited number of human beings."
“ Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination. ” -Michael McClure
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