Two Cheyennes on the highway
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Two Cheyennes on the highway |
| Original title | Powwow Highway |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jonathan Wacks |
| script |
Janet Heaney , Jean Stawarz |
| production | Jan Wieringa |
| music | Barry Goldberg |
| camera | Toyomichi Kurita |
| cut | Jim Stewart |
| occupation | |
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Two Cheyenne on the Highway (original title: Powwow Highway ) is a British-made post- western directed by Jonathan Wacks in 1988 based on a story by David Seals . The German-language premiere was on July 6, 1989.
action
For the Northern Cheyenne tribe in Lame Deer, Montana, the American dream has turned into a nightmare. The quick-tempered activist and Vietnam veteran Buddy Red Bow fights greedy building contractors and their envoys, the slippery, all-ground-talking Sandy Youngblood, who wants to get the decision-making meeting of the reserve to approve an open-pit mine. The always cheerful Philbert Bono is a chunk of a man who is guided by sacred visions. That is why he is looking for the medicine brewed for him by holy spirits; in order to be able to afford the journey that would make him a warrior, he trades in marijuana and alcohol. His "war pony" is a rusty, dented 1964 Buick Wildcat that he called the "Protector".
When Bonnie, Buddy’s estranged sister, is arrested in Santa Fe, he’s the only one who could help her and her children, Jane and Sky. Since he doesn't have a car, he persuades Philbert to go on the trip with him. At first he cannot do much with Philbert's habits, his easy-going manner, his many stops for praying and eating; however, the longer the journey, the better the two get along. They experience their journey and its difficulties as a journey to themselves and as a confrontation with their identity as Cheyenne in modern America. In Santa Fé they meet with Bonnie's friend Rabbit, with whom they want to get Bonnie out of prison.
criticism
“In the main roles, the road movie is not always convincingly processed, but it is superbly photographed; carried by melancholy about the lost values of the native peoples of America, but at the same time by the hope of their regained self-confidence. "
In her review in the New York Times, Janet Maslin emphasizes the sad, heartfelt depiction of the decline of Indian culture when it shows how derelict houses look, how meaningless rituals are unwound, how children no longer know which tribe their mother is from is. At the same time, however, the crisp, photographed film also has a slightly comedic flair at times, to which the portrayal of Gary Farmer makes a decisive contribution.
Remarks
Robbie Robertson interprets the film songs Fallen Angel and Sweet Fire of Love .
The film won several awards; He won the Sundance Film Festival and several awards at the Native American Film Festival .
Web links
- Powwow on the highway in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Two Cheyenne on the highway at prisma.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Two Cheyennes on the Highway. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Review of the film in the New York Times