tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658155.post7893989679043939523..comments2023-05-11T12:51:05.660+01:00Comments on Little Bird: Ghosts of the 7th CavalryLittleBirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265499967129516159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658155.post-28873532250499802472009-03-04T17:25:00.000+00:002009-03-04T17:25:00.000+00:00i wept too. god, yes. i think the moment that got ...i wept too. god, yes. <BR/><BR/>i think the moment that got me the hardest was when one of the men (and i feel dreadful for now not being able to remember his name, billy? bobby?) said of his experience in Vietnam,<BR/>"there are things i've not told anyone. i'm not gonna tell you."<BR/>and then he started twitching uncontrollably. i know it took all my strength to stay present to it. i can't imagine what it was like for the film maker to be present to him in that place. to bear witness to the straight up reality of his 'unspeakable' trauma, surely knowing that he could help them tell their story but not bring healing needed. who can? it made for deeply uncomfortable viewing, to contend for even a moment with what he carries in him, what his body remembers and exposes. just one of the *many* moments that have haunted me since. <BR/>his interviews and those with the Lakotan 7th cavalry member were so arresting. <BR/><BR/>the layers of complexity just kept coming. which is for me the compelling power. to just let those layers keep being exposed, however uncomfortable they might be, through letting these men speak their unbearable truths.<BR/><BR/>how do these men lay their burdens down? from where comes peace for them? any suggestion of an answer seems trite. <BR/><BR/>i like your description of snuffy gray. quite apt i think.LittleBirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06265499967129516159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658155.post-14556386758300818592009-03-04T16:01:00.000+00:002009-03-04T16:01:00.000+00:00i watched it again last night and wept like a baby...i watched it again last night and wept like a baby... and as i watched his face i couldn't help but think how he was a wonderful combination of john smith and mike yaconelli..... or have i been drinking too much again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658155.post-67747186241413900062009-03-03T11:40:00.000+00:002009-03-03T11:40:00.000+00:00fuck that's good! stunning!fuck that's good! stunning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com