The Exiles

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William L The perfect film for critics to love - barely recognized by the public upon release and still tightly distributed even today. Not quite a docudrama, but instead told in a documentary style with subjects that could pass for genuine (if the amateur acting style wasn't so prevalent), The Exiles focuses on culture clash in a generation of Native Americans nearing completion of the transition from traditional to urban life. There is still a distinctive identity to their subculture, but plenty of influence from the city - the slicked-back hairstyles, the cruising down Main Street, the blue collar lifestyle, and the young, aimless wandering. The film emphasizes the gaps preventing true integration, particularly the treatment of Native Americans as an uncomfortable 'other', taking on a topic that was certainly progressive for its time (more than a decade before Brando would be deemed a dangerous radical for turning down his Oscar in protest of the treatment of Native Americans), and features some great shots of mid-century LA portrayed as a harsh and hostile (if outwardly subdued) battle for survival, but is paced rather slowly without much in the way of major events over the course of its runtime, and with quite a bit of its delivery coming off as painfully inauthentic. (3/5) Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/10/21 Full Review Audience Member THE EXILES is an excellent film about alienation in Los Angeles - a masterpiece which should be revisited again and again by filmmakers everywhere as a triumph of the will. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member A fascinating hybrid of art and life, The Exiles may not hew entirely faithfully to literal truth but nonetheless conveys a form of artistic honesty that is inescapable. It's a mesmerizing marriage of poetry and prose. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member has a doc-like quality to this look at native Americans Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Crude and low-budget but fascinating film is a snapshot of a time (1961) and minority (Native Americans). Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member The cover features breathless reviews by phonies, enraptured at a film where we watch irresponsible adults stagger around in the dark. Hardly miraculous but still an interesting project taken on by the filmmakers. I just don't like the hyperbolic ejaculation smeared on the jacket. But seriously, no normal human being uses the term "bread" as much as the turd characters in this movie. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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