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''Soldier Blue'' is a 1970 Revisionist Western film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Creator/CandiceBergen, Peter Strauss, and Creator/DonaldPleasence. Inspired by the events leading up to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Creek_massacre Sand Creek massacre]] of 1864, the film utilizes the narrative surrounding the massacre as [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything an allegory]] for [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar the contemporary Vietnam conflict]].
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''Soldier Blue'' is a 1970 Revisionist Western {{Western}} film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Creator/CandiceBergen, Peter Strauss, and Creator/DonaldPleasence. Inspired by the events leading up to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Creek_massacre Sand Creek massacre]] of 1864, the film utilizes the narrative surrounding the massacre as [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything an allegory]] for [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar the contemporary Vietnam conflict]].
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* EvilColonialist: Colonel John Chivington, portrayed in this movie by John Anderson.
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* EvilColonialist: Colonel John Chivington, portrayed in this movie by John Anderson.Creator/JohnAnderson.
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* ArmiesAreEvil: The militia cavalry are shown to be AlwaysChaoticEvil brutes who show no hesitation in ransacking a peaceful Indian village.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The climactic scenes are evocative of the 1968 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre My Lai Massacre]], with U.S. soldiers brutally butchering innocent civilians with reckless abandon.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The climactic scenes are intended to be evocative of the 1968 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre My Lai Massacre]], with U.S. soldiers brutally butchering innocent civilians with reckless abandon.
* EvilColonialist: Colonel John Chivington, portrayed in this movie by John Anderson.
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: During the massacre, many of the soldiers are depicted viciously raping native women left and right while giggling like maniacs.
* SoundtrackDissonance: Deliberately used during the ending. After the Army is done with RapePillageAndBurn, they march out to the rendition of Battle Hymn of the Republic, which is almost comically cheerful.
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* TitleThemeSong: "Soldier Blue", sung by Music/BuffySainteMarie.
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* AtrocityMontage: The film gruesomely depicts the Sand Creek Massacre with frenzied U.S. Cavalrymen brutally murdering Cheyenne civilians through shooting, dismemberment and decapitation. These scenes are used to emphasize the themes of warfare and genocide. It's worth noting the scenes are evocative of the My Lai massacre, which was recent memory in the 1970s.
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* NotableOriginalMusic: The title song was written and performed by Buffy Sainte-Marie.
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* IndecisiveDeconstruction: The film tries to deconstruct the traditional "Cavalry vs. Indians" plot, but much like in ''VideoGame/{{Haze}}'', only one side of the conflict is actually subjected to severe critical analysis.
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* PerspectiveFlip: It's the classic western plot of Cavalry vs. Indians, where the Cavalry are the evil savages massacring innocent civilians.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Deliberately used during the ending. After the Army is done with RapePillageAndBurn, they march out to the rendition of Battle Hymn of the Republic, which is almost comically cheerful.
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** The film's depiction of [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape as a horrific act of violence]] is similarly undermined by the fact that the AttemptedRape of Candice Bergen's character Cresta by a group of Kiowa warriors earlier in the film is presented as being [[BlackComedyRape comical]].
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* DeathOfAChild: The massacre scenes features several young Native American children (along with everyone else in the village) brutally murdered by crazed U.S. Calvary soldiers. Children are graphically shot, stabbed and trampled by horses all while the soldiers cheer on their own actions.
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* DeathOfAChild: The massacre scenes features feature several young Native American children (along with everyone else in the village) brutally murdered by crazed U.S. Calvary soldiers. Children are graphically shot, stabbed and trampled by horses all while the soldiers cheer on their own actions.
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''Soldier Blue'' is a 1970 Revisionist Western film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Creator/CandiceBergen, Peter Strauss, and Creator/DonaldPleasence. Inspired by the events leading up to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Creek_massacre Sand Creek massacre]] of 1864, the film utilizes the narrative surrounding the massacre as [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything an allegory]] for [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar the contemporary Vietnam conflict]].
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!! This film provides examples of the following tropes:
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* BrokenAesop:
** As pointed out by Creator/RogerEbert in his [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/soldier-blue-1970 review]], the audience is supposed to identify with the Native Americans' suffering, but this point is undermined by the fact that the natives in fact play very little role in the narrative, with the focus primarily being on the white protagonists.
** The film's depiction of RapeAsASpecialKindOfEvil is similarly undermined by the fact that the AttemptedRape of Candice Bergen's character Cresta by a group of Kiowa warriors earlier in the film is presented as being [[BlackComedyRape comical]].
* DeathOfAChild: The massacre scenes features several young Native American children (along with everyone else in the village) brutally murdered by crazed U.S. Calvary soldiers. Children are graphically shot, stabbed and trampled by horses all while the soldiers cheer on their own actions.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The climactic scenes are evocative of the 1968 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre My Lai Massacre]], with U.S. soldiers brutally butchering innocent civilians with reckless abandon.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After all the bloodshed, Honus is led away in shackles and Cresta departs with the remaining few survivors.]]
* ExploitationFilm: Some reviewers have accused the film of being one, claiming that the filmmakers seemed more interested in graphic violence and shock value than the supposed themes of war and genocide. DVD Talk's [[https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/25851/soldier-blue/ review]], for example, calls it "essentially nothing more than a snuff film with a conscience...and a particularly suspect conscience at that."
* {{Gorn}}: The massacre scenes are a veritable orgy of bloodletting, dismemberment, and decapitation.
* IndecisiveDeconstruction: The film tries to deconstruct the traditional "Cavalry vs. Indians" plot, but much like in ''VideoGame/{{Haze}}'', only one side of the conflict is actually subjected to severe critical analysis.
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* NotableOriginalMusic: The title song is written and by Buffy Sainte-Marie.
* RapeAsASpecialKindOfEvil: During the massacre, many of the soldiers are depicted viciously raping native women left and right while giggling like maniacs.
* WarIsHell: As mentioned above, the battle scenes in this film are ''brutal''.
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''Soldier Blue'' is a 1970 Revisionist Western film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Creator/CandiceBergen, Peter Strauss, and Creator/DonaldPleasence. Inspired by the events leading up to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Creek_massacre Sand Creek massacre]] of 1864, the film utilizes the narrative surrounding the massacre as [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything an allegory]] for [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar the contemporary Vietnam conflict]].
NeedsWikiMagicLove.
!! This film provides examples of the following tropes:
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* BrokenAesop:
** As pointed out by Creator/RogerEbert in his [[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/soldier-blue-1970 review]], the audience is supposed to identify with the Native Americans' suffering, but this point is undermined by the fact that the natives in fact play very little role in the narrative, with the focus primarily being on the white protagonists.
** The film's depiction of RapeAsASpecialKindOfEvil is similarly undermined by the fact that the AttemptedRape of Candice Bergen's character Cresta by a group of Kiowa warriors earlier in the film is presented as being [[BlackComedyRape comical]].
* DeathOfAChild: The massacre scenes features several young Native American children (along with everyone else in the village) brutally murdered by crazed U.S. Calvary soldiers. Children are graphically shot, stabbed and trampled by horses all while the soldiers cheer on their own actions.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The climactic scenes are evocative of the 1968 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre My Lai Massacre]], with U.S. soldiers brutally butchering innocent civilians with reckless abandon.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After all the bloodshed, Honus is led away in shackles and Cresta departs with the remaining few survivors.]]
* ExploitationFilm: Some reviewers have accused the film of being one, claiming that the filmmakers seemed more interested in graphic violence and shock value than the supposed themes of war and genocide. DVD Talk's [[https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/25851/soldier-blue/ review]], for example, calls it "essentially nothing more than a snuff film with a conscience...and a particularly suspect conscience at that."
* {{Gorn}}: The massacre scenes are a veritable orgy of bloodletting, dismemberment, and decapitation.
* IndecisiveDeconstruction: The film tries to deconstruct the traditional "Cavalry vs. Indians" plot, but much like in ''VideoGame/{{Haze}}'', only one side of the conflict is actually subjected to severe critical analysis.
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* NotableOriginalMusic: The title song is written and by Buffy Sainte-Marie.
* RapeAsASpecialKindOfEvil: During the massacre, many of the soldiers are depicted viciously raping native women left and right while giggling like maniacs.
* WarIsHell: As mentioned above, the battle scenes in this film are ''brutal''.
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