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1970
Soldier Blue is a 1970 American revisionist Western film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, and Donald Pleasence. Adapted by John Gay from the novel Arrow in the Sun by T. V. Olsen, it is inspired by events of the 1864 Sand Creek massacre in the Colorado Territory. Nelson and Gay intended to utilize the narrative surrounding the massacre as an allegory for the contemporary Vietnam…
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Hollywood’s reputation as a bastion of leftist politics is often overstated, yet it is undeniable that the late 1960s and early 1970s saw the industry pivot sharply towards anti-establishment narratives. This shift, however, was less a product of genuine ideological conviction among filmmakers than a calculated appeal to the burgeoning counterculture movement, particularly the disillusioned Baby Boomer generation. T…More
