Don't touch the white woman
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Don't touch the white woman |
| Original title | Touch pas à la femme blanche |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1974 |
| length | 108 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Marco Ferreri |
| script |
Rafael Azcona Marco Ferreri |
| production |
Jean-Pierre Rassam Jean Yanne |
| music | Philippe Sarde |
| camera | Etienne Becker |
| cut | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| occupation | |
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Do not touch the white woman (original title: Touche pas à la femme blanche ) is a feature film by the director Marco Ferreri from 1974. As one of the very few French productions in the western genre, the grotesque satire uses the motif of war, which the American Army led against the Indians, as a metaphor for the Vietnam War . Historical figures such as General Custer , Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull appear, but the US president is Richard Nixon, and advisors influence the media coverage of the war. Although most of the protagonists wear clothing from the Wild West era, the action takes place in the backdrops of Paris from 1973. The extensive excavation, which was created in 1973 with the demolition of the old Les Halles , functioned as a prairie in the film before the new construction began. The film was shot with light equipment and a small staff, just a few weeks after the work on Ferreri's previous film Das große Fressen , whose male ensemble, ie Marcello Mastroianni , Ugo Tognazzi , Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret, took part again; in addition there was Catherine Deneuve . The public interest was moderate.
action
US leaders and military leaders initiate the Battle of Little Big Horn as they see their chance come to deliver the ultimate crushing blow to the Indians. They hire the famous General Custer, who, however, finds his assignment more difficult than expected. To his annoyance, Buffalo Bill shows up, his arch-opponent in vying for attention. Custer's Indian servant, Mitch, who liked to be white, suffers from being rejected by Custer. The bald crazy horse, a chip-feeding anthropologist and many other representatives populate the scene.
background
Director Marco Ferreri got the idea for the film when he and his producer Jean-Pierre Rassam were walking past the Halles one evening and saw houses that were about to be blown up. “Even in the Wild West, everything was destroyed in order to build something more efficient.” The Indians could “just as easily be Algerians or Portuguese”. He did not expect any violent reactions to the film: "At most, the Club of Friends of John Ford will be dissatisfied."
Reviews
The film magazine Positif was disappointed at how little the film, which had sought to demystify, made of the good initial idea and the excellent actors. The location of the demolished “Halles” could also have been more useful. The weak farce lacks the rhythm. Western reference books judged more favorably. Christian Kessler ( Welcome to Hell ) said: “Ferreri's film makes sense, is hilarious and unprecedented in the genre.” Ulrich P. Bruckner judged in For a Few More Corpses : “Wacky pseudo-Western satire with a brilliant cast. "
Web links
- Do not touch the white woman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ox fanzine
Individual evidence
- ↑ Werner Bökenkamp: Instead of the halls now caves. Changes in a Parisian district. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , March 23, 1974, Pictures and Times, p. 2.
- ↑ a b Marco Ferreri in conversation with Positif , No. 2/1974, p. 37: Entretiens avec Marco Ferreri. (Sur le plateau de Touche pas à la femme blanche - juillet 1973) .
- ↑ Michel Maheo: Marco Ferreri . Edilig, Paris 1986, ISBN 2-85601-131-4 , pp. 59/63.
- ↑ Gérard Legrand: Touche pas à la femme blanche. In: Positif, No. 3/1974, p. 79.
- ↑ Christian Kessler: Willkommen in der Hölle , 2001, p. 154f.
- ↑ Ulrich P. Bruckner: For a few more corpses , Munich 2006, p. 660.