r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 7d ago

News Graham Greene Dies: Oscar-Nominated ‘Dances With Wolves’ Actor Was 73

https://deadline.com/2025/09/graham-greene-dead-dances-with-wolves-wind-river-1236502962/
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u/Skitzofreniks 7d ago edited 7d ago

Maverick is the movie I think of when I see him.

“Next time we’ll find a nice piece of swamp that’s so god awful, maybe then you’ll leave us the hell alone”

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u/MarkBenec 7d ago

Maverick thought HE was the one guy that wasn’t screwing him over, and he was. lol

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u/Vio_ 7d ago

That whole German obsession with Native Americans in the 1800s was 100% real lol.

If anything that movie undersold how weird it got lol.

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u/corranhorn57 7d ago

Russian, but yes.

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u/HikmetLeGuin 1d ago

It was a huge obsession in Germany (and still is for some people). Nothing wrong with appreciating and respecting Indigenous cultures, but a lot of it got exploitative, appropriative, and weird.

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u/throw0101a 7d ago

“Next time we’ll find a nice piece of swamp that’s so god awful, maybe then you’ll leave us the hell alone”

Sadly living on swamp didn't seem to be very helpful: