The Art of Saving Money

On Wednesday we watched the movie "Redskin," a full length black/white/techni-color film focusing on the Native Americans and the Indian Boarding Schools. This film was very shocking to me because it seemed very well developed for the time period it was from. Based on the other films from the time I have seen, this one seemed way ahead of its time.

This was a silent film, and it had a score of a piano to accompany the film, but there was no voices none-the-less. Surprisingly there was a lot of dialogue. The characters would often have a whole screen full of text, but it was done in a way that wasn't as annoying as it would sound. The background for the text was very styled and really matched the tone of the movie. At no point was I ever confused about who was saying what to who.

Another very interesting thing was this movie was both in black and white and techni-color. The black and white parts of the film were when they were in the boarding school or in the city, and the techni-color (which is a pseudo color, mostly focusing on the color red) was shown in the Native American village. While the movie was switching between these two the entire film, it was not a big shock and it flowed between the two very naturally. It never felt like watching two different movies edited together.

Overall, this was the best black/white/silent film I have seen. The story had its points and it also had points that were evident of its time.