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| Kay |
Posted - February 16 2009 : 11:11:14 AM
Last month and again last night I caught a great movie on one of our new digital tv channels. The movie is called Black Robe. It came out in 1991 and was produced by a Canadian film company. Looking over the cast list, it included many American Indians and French Canadian actors-no body I have ever heard of before though. I really enjoyed the movie and thought the whole feel and the acting was genuine. It focused on Catholic Jesuits who came over to Quebec from France (of course!). From Quebec they traveled west and south across southern Canada and maybe parts of north eastern U.S.(Hudson Bay area) to spread Christianity among the tribes. They focused on the mission to convert a certain tribe of Hurons where the Jesuits set up a mission church and struggled to understand and be understood by the Indians (speaking of culture clash!) In the end the Hurons were baptized and lived in peace with the Jesuits until they were routed and killed by the Iroqois. The Jesuits then abandoned their mission and returned to Quebec. Because of the way the movie was presented and how they talked at the end in footnotes of the final extinction of the Hurons and failure of the Jesuit mission, I think the movie was at least loosely based on a real story, a real tribe, and a real Jesuit mission. I thought maybe some of you would know of this movie since it came out around the same time as LOTM, even though it is by no means a big Hollywood production. And if you haven't heard of it-if you can find it somewhere it is a great movie!
Kay |
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| Monadnock Guide |
Posted - August 23 2009 : 6:01:24 PM
Lot there I can relate to, - snowshoeing is really "something else", do it at least once or twice a week in winter. Many of the scenes are very close to the White Mountains Region & to a lesser extent the Monadnock Region here. When you're the first one there, after a storm, and there are no tracks, except maybe animal - you see exactly what the eastern frontier looked like "back when". After all, the lakes, mountains etc. haven't changed, ... ;) |
| Kan-Tuck-EE |
Posted - August 23 2009 : 5:41:41 PM
Yes, I thought the scenery was fantastic too. I absolutely love winter scenes! |
| Monadnock Guide |
Posted - August 22 2009 : 7:13:21 PM
Certainly not a movie buff, - but I did rent it on Amazon. Kinda liked it actually, and the scenery was fantastic. |
| Longrifle |
Posted - August 22 2009 : 02:44:39 AM
Black Robe:
A little different.
Points for historical accuracy but "dark and depressing" is still an apt description.
Saw it once. Won't see it again.
In the 18th Century genre I refer LOTM and The Patriot.
Generally speaking, I love historical movies from the North American frontier era but I'd rather watch something like Master and Commander again than Black Robe.
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| Kan-Tuck-EE |
Posted - August 18 2009 : 4:33:48 PM
August Schellenburg was also in Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee...as Sitting Bull. That was a good movie but also dark and a little depressing. Eric Schweig had a somewhat small part in it...sigh...be still my heart! |
| Obediah |
Posted - February 19 2009 : 11:10:51 AM
Ah yes! Breaker Morant starred Edward Woodward, one of my all-time favorite actors. Remember The Equalizer? I haven't seen it in about 25 years IIRC ... and it only told about a small portion of his life. |
| halfbreed |
Posted - February 18 2009 : 10:42:40 PM
Love that Tantoo Cardinal. The director Bruce Beresford is very good at historic movies. Another good one by him is Breaker Morant.
h-b |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - February 18 2009 : 12:29:20 PM
It is very dark and depressing. While I cannot say it is one of my favorites, I can say that I was absolutely riveted when I watched it! I found myself so completely absorbed in the story, I didn't even stop the dvd to go to the bathroom or get anything to eat. I sat there glued, from start to finish. It's an amazing movie. |
| richfed |
Posted - February 18 2009 : 09:00:12 AM
I have the DVD, and think the film is excellent -- one feels like they are in the time-period. Very little, if any, Hollywood glitz. For that very reason, many find it dark and depressing. It's not a movie for everyone, I don't think. |
| Bookworm |
Posted - February 16 2009 : 11:42:35 AM
I agree with Seamus -- it's a great movie! And although we didn't know any of the actors when the movie first appeared, we're learning: August Schellenberg, who played Chomina, was also in "The New World." |
| Seamus |
Posted - February 16 2009 : 11:27:26 AM
One of my all-time favorites!! I have it on tape.....
Thanks, Kay! |
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