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House Made of Dawn (1987)
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A kiva of missed opportunity moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Larry Littlebird | ... | Abel |
| Judith Doty | ... | Milly |
| Jay Varela | ... | Benally |
| Mesa Bird | ... | Grandfather |
| Philip Kenneally | ... | Martinez |
| Wright King | ... | Father Olguin |
| Skeeter Vaughan | ... | Albino and Old Man (as Skeeter Vaughn) |
| Teddy García | ... | Abelito |
| Herb Robins | ... | Los Angeles Foreman |
| George Burdeau | ... | John |
| Charlie L. Bird | ... | Tom |
| Preston Jefferson | ... | Cruz |
| Wilson Peshlakai | ... | Wilson |
| Jack Kane | ... | New Mexico Foreman |
| James Sargent | ... | Judge |
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Since as a novel, "House Made of Dawn" was Pulitzer-Prize material, the inspiration must be there, somewhere. But the film adaptation is a clunker in every act, every scene, every frame. "Dawn" is little more than in essay in the depression of a young Native American man who is forced to relocate to Los Angeles after his release from prison for his murder of another Indian suspected of shape-shifting and witchcraft.
Characterization is virtually nil. The main character, Abel, portrays the "strong, silent, frustrated warrior" stereotype, Benally, his friend in the city epitomizes the "meek,Uncle Tom, paying-protection-money-to-survive" stereotype. Of course, there's Millie, playing the "requisite blond girlfriend" stereotype. The only interesting character is Tosamah, a Native American Church priest played by the conspicuously Anglo John Saxon. Despite that, Tosamah distinguishes himself by actually being able to articulate thoughts and has a non-monosyllabic vocabulary.
The music is singularly bad, an atonal flute score that sounds like it was composed by a first-year composition student a few hours after encountering Schoenberg for the first time. Pass on this one.