Santa Fe Trail
by Michael Curtiz
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Actor: Alan Hale, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald ReaganDirector: Michael Curtiz
Cinematographer: Sol Polito
Editor: George Amy
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Producer: Robert Fellows
Writer: Robert Buckner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-01
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Tgg Direct
DVD Reviews of Santa Fe Trail
DVD Review: MIxed Bag - But Still Worth a Look
Summary: 3 Stars
Ok, I read all the reviews before buying this, so I knew what I was getting into, but I had remembered seeing this as a kid and really enjoying the rollicking good action, so I took a chance and ordered it.
First of all, the DVD quality was certainly lacking. The studio is listed on Amazon as Tgg Direct (ASIN: B00005BI96), and the back of the case says "Fully Restored and Enhanced Digital Masters", but honestly, it looks more like this was just picked up off the floor and run through a projector. Lots of dirt, scratches, and for the most part very light. Disappointing to to say the least. However, the worst parts were at the first and when it came time for reel changes.... so it wasn't all terrible.
Now for the film itself. I guess when I watched this as a kid I didn't pay attention to the politics, I just enjoyed the action. Viewing it these many years later I was initially taken aback by the odd viewpoint being represented...... however..... like many films, I think it's important to keep things in perspective relative to the time period when the film was produced.
It's easy for us to look back on history and try to place our morales on those who lived then, wondering how they could possibly have thought like that..... but it's harder to try and place yourself in their situation and understand that things weren't so clear cut back then, and I mean both during the period being depicted in the film as well as the period during which the film was made.
It was mentioned numerous times during the film that the army was simply an enforcer of the law, and that they would pursue either side of the slave issue that tried to use violence to further it's cause, and while many historical liberties were taken, let's remember that these films were meant as entertainment, not as vehicles of historical fact.
So yes, there are some questionable scenes, but taken in the context of the time this was made, I see this film more as a time capsule of cultural ideas of the period and worth viewing, if only to raise awareness of how far we've come ..... and possibly how far we have to go.
And for the record... even with all it's flaws, both in the quality of the DVD and the questionable plot line, I still thoroughly enjoyed seeing this film again after all these years.
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