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Posted by verity on 06/08/06 06:37
Neredbojias wrote:
> To further the education of mankind, "verity" <verity.gray@mac.com>
> vouchsafed:
>
> >> > That's what I was told but I suspect a bit romanticised; 'Calamity
> >> > Jane' was a real woman but not much like Doris Day's version.
> >>
> >> I saw a picture of the real CJ once. Hard to imagine her going
> >> around and singing "Secret Love."
> >
> > LOL, most Western films are about anything but the actual history.
> > I'd love to see a film based on the book "Watch for me on the
> > mountain" by Forrest Carter.
> > About Geronimo.
>
> Years ago Burt Lancaster did a film based somewhat on the real Geronimo
> called "Apache". It wasn't quite historically accurate but did
> realistically portray the general plight of the Native American in the
> process of being conquered. I suspect Geronimo was actually a kind of
> juvenile-deliquent-cum-rebel with an arguable amount of justification for
> his indefensibly brutal tactics. Blatant savagery isn't noble even if it
> seems like the only option.
>
> --
> Neredbojias
> Infinity has its limits.
Yes, saw Burt Lancaster film decades ago.
I think I would have done what he did, if I'd come home from a hunting
trip to find my wife, children & entire village, dead & mutilated.
Don't see him as a delinquent, wasn't that the cavalry.
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