HBO movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

[Banned]

www.hbo.com/films/burymyheart/synopsis/


The beginning of the movie is about Custer's Last Stand. I read on the Friends of the Little Big Horn that the movie depicts Custer charging the village (and Bob Reece writes: "The filmmakers give more credit to Custer's soldiers than they deserve", I wonder how many last stand did Bob Reece do !!!)

There's also Sitting Bull and Wounded Knee. Could be great.


Looks a little bit politically correct but some footage looks outstanding (watch the trailer). Could be good.

www.friendslittlebighorn.com/buryheartwoundedknee.htm

[Banned]

"Filmed entirely in Canada, the movie opens with the Battle of the Little Bighorn along rocky pine-strewn countryside. Custer and his officers are never seen. Instead, in one short powerful scene we follow overhead warriors on horseback as they race out of their village to fight Custer. The warriors and their mounts slowly dissolve into CGI figures as they cross the Little Bighorn River to meet Custer. The soldiers are in a big circle with all the warriors racing around them on horseback. If you look carefully, you'll see a brown speck near the center. Is it Custer? Is he still standing? Although the scene is not realistic, it does capture the concept of the last stand relatively well. "

[Tricia]

A review in a recent New York Times pretty much trashed the movie's historical accuracy, especially in regards to Sitting Bull. If many consider Dee Brown's book to be historically suspect, the movie--which just plain makes things up for their dramatic effect--is even worse. The writer quoted a historian who asked the hypothetical question, "isn't history exciting enough?"

I guess not.

[Banned]

Too bad. Into the West was already called "the first movie made as no historian has ever worked on the subject"... Dee Brown's vision was very pro-Indian, but I expected accuracy about Indians... The Old West is seen as a traditional picture which can be used without accuracy.