From: dmatthews03@sympatico.ca   
      
   "Caroline Maier"  wrote in message   
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   > > A movie that captures contemporary Indian life on a reservation   
   very   
   > > well (IMO) is "Thunderheart " with Val Kilmer as an FBI agent of   
   Sioux   
   > > ancestry who is sent to the reservation to investigate a murder.   
   Based   
   > > partly on fact there is fictional subplot that is kind of   
   contrived   
   > > but the details of reservation life are interesting.   
   >   
   > Dave,   
   > thats one of my all-time favorite movies. I think Val Kilmer acts   
   pretty   
   > good in this one, although I don't particularly like him in most of   
   his   
   > other films. And Graham Greene is simply brilliant. He has charisma,   
   and   
   > plenty of that, I might add.   
   > Have any of you seen "Smoke Signals" with Adam Beach and Evan Adams?   
   I think   
   > that was a really really good one, too.   
   >   
   > Best regards from Europe,   
   > Caroline   
   >   
   >   
      
      
   Caroline,   
      
   Agreed about Graham Greene he adds touches of the sardonic humor which   
   is very characteristic of Native Americans.   
      
   No, I haven't seen "Smoke Signals but I'll look out for it. It sounds   
   interesting.   
      
   Dave in Toronto.   
      
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