Soldier Blue (1970)
- Directed by
- Ralph Nelson
- Genre
- drama film, Western film, war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 227 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young Cavalry survivor and a sharp-tongued woman cross the American frontier in the 1860s. They encounter a brutal massacre that stands as an allegory for the ongoing Vietnam War.
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What happens
Soldier Blue is a 1970 American revisionist Western film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, and Donald Pleasence. Adapted by John Gay from the novel Arrow in the Sun by T. V. Olsen, it is inspired by events of the 1864 Sand Creek massacre in the Colorado Territory. Nelson and Gay intended to utilize the narrative surrounding the massacre as an allegory for the contemporary Vietnam War. Released in August 1970, the film drew attention for its frank depictions of violence, specifically its graphic final sequence. Some film scholars have cited Soldier Blue as a critique of America's "archetypal art form [the Western]," with other interpretations ranging from it being an anti-war picture to an exploitation film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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