Typical colonialist narrative of wars against indigenous peoples.
Euro version of 'cowboys and Indians'.
That Anthony Quinn - a Mexican American - starred in this only adds to the embarrassment.
Most Mexican Americans would view this movie as western/European propaganda.
A Latino friend once referred to the battle of Dien Bien Phu (when the Vietnamese 'rebels' handed the French their hats) as 'France's Alamo'.
Then let's add the racism of 'Chinese' dialect in the scenes about 'Vietnamese'.
One might be reminded of Douglas MacArthur bragging that he 'understood the Asiatic mind'.
As if all Asian peoples have the same language, the same culture, the same 'mind'.
We can do better than this schlock.
Then again, as 'Tonto' should have said, "Who is 'we', kemosabe."
Euro version of 'cowboys and Indians'.
That Anthony Quinn - a Mexican American - starred in this only adds to the embarrassment.
Most Mexican Americans would view this movie as western/European propaganda.
A Latino friend once referred to the battle of Dien Bien Phu (when the Vietnamese 'rebels' handed the French their hats) as 'France's Alamo'.
Then let's add the racism of 'Chinese' dialect in the scenes about 'Vietnamese'.
One might be reminded of Douglas MacArthur bragging that he 'understood the Asiatic mind'.
As if all Asian peoples have the same language, the same culture, the same 'mind'.
We can do better than this schlock.
Then again, as 'Tonto' should have said, "Who is 'we', kemosabe."