{"id":283,"date":"2022-04-09T19:06:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T19:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memora8ilia.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/09\/the-american-soldier-1970\/"},"modified":"2022-04-09T19:06:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T19:06:52","slug":"the-american-soldier-1970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memora8ilia.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/09\/the-american-soldier-1970\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"npf_row\">\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"904\" data-orig-width=\"635\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/18a3340bb856408eff4bc3a84dcca65f\/ef77886de3a61c13-8e\/s640x960\/3924eafff962f6b4a109c45d0f3d09a8e0e3f6cb.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"904\" data-orig-width=\"635\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"npf_row\">\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"1280\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/1f77524811446bb1decceb4bf452867a\/ef77886de3a61c13-8c\/s640x960\/cfe0dc2d35fc926b72d190fe6221ae69aec6d94c.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"1280\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"npf_row\">\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"572\" data-orig-width=\"767\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/797979b7692fc5fa7f5630c09484a26b\/ef77886de3a61c13-b5\/s640x960\/6cf61f5c61e393da58bd4b1df83b7e10c2db3a36.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"572\" data-orig-width=\"767\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"npf_row\">\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"537\" data-orig-width=\"716\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/d9435608c462712ad482204826c7db95\/ef77886de3a61c13-c7\/s640x960\/2d4424c673cf61693e681452a0b9ee38669c7465.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"537\" data-orig-width=\"716\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/film\/the-american-soldier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The American Soldier (1970)<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Ricky is the noir protagonist of Fassbinder&rsquo;s dreams \u2014 unflappable, irresistible, unassailable, part-American, stoically focused on the task at hand, instantly deadly with a firearm, and usually in close proximity to a bottle of scotch. But the dream overtakes Ricky as the film unfolds. Ricky becomes more and more exaggerated and, certainly, ridiculous in his increasingly dubious charms. We&rsquo;re eventually confronted with a final scene that is absurd but, truth be told, not entirely surprising. It&rsquo;s the culmination of a dream that&rsquo;s taken on (or taken over) life. <a href=\"https:\/\/href.li\/?https:\/\/letterboxd.com\/8sided\/film\/the-american-soldier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">*<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Soldier (1970) Ricky is the noir protagonist of Fassbinder&rsquo;s dreams \u2014 unflappable, irresistible, unassailable, part-American, stoically focused on the task at hand, instantly deadly with a firearm, and usually in close proximity to a bottle of scotch. But the dream overtakes Ricky as the film unfolds. 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