Okay, a lot of people have problems with this movie based on its somewhat cavalier attempt (adapted from a very romanticized book) at exploring ethnic conflict/relationships between English/American colonists and Native Americans. But nonetheless, I have to say that it works for me on a shlocky-romantic-”I will find you!”-as-Madeleine-Stowe-is-being-captured sort of way. Daniel Day-Lewis, who is either outstanding or annoying, veers between both in this film. Madeleine Stowe works quite well as the daughter of the English general who falls in love with Day-Lewis’s character (who is an English/American who has been raised by Native Americans). Jodhi May is mesmerizing as Stowe’s younger sister, and the early scenes show the two sisters in some great 1750s gowns.
More More More. Pleeeeease do a longer review.
I heard there were a few issues in this- most recently, I read somewhere that the reenactors/ extras in the massacre scene; instead of doing what was written in the script, they reacted as period soldiers of the time would have, & quickly formed a defensive maneuver that the native-born reenactors barely stopped from crashing into- the director or whoever got p*ssy about it, & told them to stop stuffing around, more or less- & they just had to stand there & get massacred, as per some moron’s script.
On the subject of Native Americans, would you consider one day doing a rough overlook- sort of like you did for Hardy’s novels, or a more specific version of Race & Roles in Historical Costume Dramas?