Review of The Exiles (1961) by James-Masaki R — 03 Apr 2012

After 2 years of filming on and off, first-timer Kent MacKenzie finally finished "The Exiles", a mostly improvised look at a day in the life of some Native Americans living in Los Angeles. Guess what, no distributors were interested, and fell into obscurity. A group of Native American are living away from their reservations where they grew up. In Los Angeles, they all face poverty, discrimination, alcoholism, and exiled from home. At the same time, the men find comraderie, and a bond in their blood. The women on the other hand, find there is a lot of distance between the men and women, with 1 female character unsure of how to raise her unborn child with her alcoholic and carefree man. While John Cassavetes got the attention of this style of filmmaking, MacKenzie could've, but never did. A great companion piece to "Killer Of Sheep" and "Shadows".

And by the way, this flixter info is completely wrong. Billy Wilder and Fritz Lang are NOT in the movie, and the film is NOT 1 hr 56 min....