The Cynical Historian

Hostiles | Based on a True Story (2018x22)

Air date: Jun 06, 2018

The epic western is back! Hostiles is great, but with one glaring and easily fixed flaw. This movie explores violence and hate inherent in the American West, in a way that no film has attempted in a long time. It is perfectly ambiguous, and you should watch the film. ------------------------------------------------------------ references: Hutton, Paul Andrew. The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History. New York: Broadway Books, 2017. https://amzn.to/2KIk0aI (and thanks to Dr. Hutton for giving me some of the criticism for this review offhandedly - It's all your fault, hehehe) Hämäläinen, Pekka. The Comanche Empire. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2008. https://amzn.to/2m162C3 Lahti, Janne. Cultural Construction of Empire: The US Army in Arizona and New Mexico. Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 2012. https://amzn.to/2NHPZ8O Lamar, Howard Roberts. The Far Southwest, 1846-1912: A Territorial History. Rev. ed. New York: W. W. Norton, 1970. https://amzn.to/2KGIwsz White, Richard. Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America. New York: W. W. Norton, 2011. https://amzn.to/2zkURO3 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian or pick up some merchandise at SpreadShirt: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/cynicalhistorian LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: Hostiles is a 2017 American Western film written and directed by Scott Cooper, based on a story by Donald E. Stewart. It stars Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Ben Foster, Stephen Lang, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, Adam Beach, Q'orianka Kil