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UNITED STATES · 1970
Little Big Man
Synopsis
Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.
Cinematic DNA
Well, it is, in a sense, a Rashomon effect. The whole question of truth is really one of how it’s seen. And one of the points that I was trying to make in Little Big Man was that, finally, history is not only written by the winners, but it’s told by individuals, and it’s perceived by individuals, and therefore it’s always partial.
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