Ulzana's Raid

Robert Aldrich: Ulzana's Raid (US 1972) avec Burt Lancaster (McIntosh) and Bruce Davison (Lt. Garnett DeBuin).

Fureur apache / Ulzana - verinen apassi / Ulzana - den blodige apachen

Robert Aldrich / États-Unis / 1972 / 103 min / DCP / VOSTF

Avec Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Jorge Luke.

Loc: Coronado National Forest, Huachuca Mountains, Whetstone Mountains, Pajarito Mountains, Atascosa Mountains -  Arizona, USA.

Ouverture de la retrospective - Jean-François Rauger

Sous-titres français n.c.

Vu mercredi, le 9 avril 2025, La Cinémathèque française, Rétrospective Le Western, en 25 films indispensables, Salle Henri Langlois, 51 Rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, M° Bercy Lignes 14, 6

La Cinémathèque française: "Un chef apache en fuite est poursuivi par la cavalerie américaine. Comme en hommage à La Prisonnière du désert, Aldrich construit un film de traque violent et introspectif. Aux antipodes du western classique, son film est un astre noir, nihiliste et dépourvu de tout manichéisme, parfait complément du déjà génial Bronco Apache, qui réunissait déjà Aldrich et Lancaster 18 ans plus tôt."

AA: A brutal Western about the desperate raid of the Chiricahua Apaches led by Ulzana against European settlers in 1880s Arizona. The Apaches, fighting for their country, are superior in their fighting spirit, although the Cavalry overwhelmingly outnumbers them. 

A feature that disturbs and horrifies the novice leader Garnett LeBuin (Bruce Davison) is the appalling and dehumanizing torture inflicted by the Apache on their victims. During the odyssey Garnett, a devout Christian, starts to understand that the Apache are reciprocating what we have done.

A tragic coming of age story of a young lieutenant who is taught life lessons in the hardest way. The ageing U.S. Army scout McIntosh (Burt Lancaster) becomes his mentor in army life. The Apache scout Ke-Ni-Tay (Jorge Luke) teaches him the Apache ways.

A clean image on the DCP with colour ok, but from a dupe master at an obvious remove from the original.