Word: treaded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Unfortunately, the monumental weariness which Genet so effectively conveys has no compelling cathartic quality: The Blacks, like The Balcony and The Screens. is structured around a series of totally static ritual ceremonies. which tread lightly on the borderline between the crudest naturalism and the most cerebral symbolism. Harold Scott, director of The Blacks and recipient of the Obie Award for an off-Broadway performance in Genet's Deathwatch, has resolved the latent tensions in Genct's material in the direction of naturalism-obviating some of the ludicrous pitfalls which plagued Joseph Strick in his attempt to film The Balcony...
Even the Sharon Tate murderers might have blanched at such a scene -but Ralph Nelson rushes in where cultists fear to tread. In the Mexican Sierras, he is directing Soldier Blue, a film that he modestly describes as "my commentary on war." To shatter any lingering suspense: he is against it. As proof, he is making possibly the most gut-clutching film in history. Based on the Sand Creek Massacre, a notorious 1864 slaughter of Cheyenne warriors, women and children, Soldier Blue is a congeries of atrocities...