Friday, January 08, 2016

Chato's Land (1972)

Western. A half-breed kills a sheriff in self-defense, and some of the town's people form a posse to go after him.

While an entertaining film, it is a bit disgusting to see such intense White self-loathing. The times were of burgeoning liberalism, but Hollywood sometimes preferred to approach such candent themes as segregation and Vietnam by using a third party, in this case Native Americans. Truth be told, a few modern viewers think it was a bit early for such a clear-eyed consideration of that East Asian fiasco and credit the similarities to coincidence.

Rating: 51

No comments: