I've heard it said many times that Indians hate the revisionist Western films
of the seventies and eighties, like TELL THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE, because in
these movies Indians are portrayed as pitiful losers. This comes when the white
filmmakers want to show how much suffering Indians have had. Indians like more
to watch films like STAGECOACH where they really kick the white asses. There
have been some more recent, mostly TV movies, that I've heard Indians praise,
but they were totally unknown to me.
One of the more surprising films that has a cult following from the Indians is
the Elvis film, GO HOME, JOE. (Based on a novel by Dan Cushman, IIRC.) Is it
about Cherokees? (I think it's the only film in which Elvis gets to play an
Indian of his own tribe.)
Juri
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