In Reply to: RE: "Little Big Man" I consider one of the dumbest films of all time. If there's an actor with a more posted by eppis1 on December 2, 2009 at 19:36:04:
..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.
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