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Pierre Andre
2May12
Found: "White dog." Trained to viciously attack any Black person it sees. A masterful, melodramatic metaphor for what Einstein used to call America's "worst disease."
Øyvind Rype
16Apr12
How people are amazed by this film's portrayal of racism is beyond me. At best it points out in an area of discussion but as a film this is just milk gone bad. Looks like a Lassie movie with a 4:3 ratio, distinct 80's look, editing and direction, weak script and acting. This little puppy should've been permanently put down back in the 80's.
Lauren Kemp
2Nov11
Honestly, 75% of the reason why I like this movie is because I love and admire Sam Fuller so much!
Sudipto Basu
27Aug11
The most poignant, emotionally resonating film about racism I've seen (it makes Robert Mulligan's To Kill A Mockingbird seem like a shallow treatise on racism, though that film does have merit as a tale of children growing up). Some people call it fascist - but if it is, it's very reluctantly so. When re-conditioning fails all you can do is defend yourself against assault.
Toby Venable
29Jul11
Some great scenes and moments sunk by some very mediocre ones but quite a last act. Love how Kristi goes ballistic on grandpa at the end, I laughed for quite some time.
ddrt
4Jan11
It's a shame that the NAACP was moronic when it came to this movie in the 80's. It is an essential Anti-racist film and they didn't even give it a chance. They judged it as pro-racist and dismissed the script because it had "a dog that attacked black people." By that same logic Schindler's list should be shelved because it has "nazis who killed jews" I'm so glad we live in a time where this film can be released.
Hideous Bitch Princess
30Nov10
So many adjectives on this film's wall, but shockingly enough, not one of them was the word "funny."
Toby Venable and 3 others like this
Tony Pauletto
28Sep10
The filmmaking is below the caliber of the volatile concept that carries it, but its a thought-provoking piece worth watching.
T.J. Royal
21Jun10
A movie of mythic quality and clarity which, at the same time, is a blunt examination of society's sickness known as racism. "White Dog" presents what I'd call Real Terror, in that it takes an innocuous event like pet ownership and reveals the level of destruction unhinged hatred can bring to every-day life. The dog becomes a mythic symbol, but it's also part of a narrative that's real and tragic. Exceptional, scary.
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Pierluigi Puccini
17Mar09
Proficient filmmaker Sam Fuller achieves an startling Hitchcockian thriller about the poisonous sentiment of racism. A canine is the seemingly peaceful being that encapsulates all the hate, prejudice and animosity of the white race against the minorities. A heartbreaking parable, told with impeccable and hard-hitting style.
Christopher Smith
18Dec08
Sam Fuller's last great film - a bold examination of racism and psychological conditioning told in Fuller's trademarked hard-hitting, action-packed style. Some of the performances are over the top, and the script is not without its cheesy moments - but it's undeniably suspenseful and powerful.
CineSnag
13Dec08
I have never been happier to own such a great movie as I was when Criterion released this one recently. I remembered seeing this on TV back in the 70s when I was wee tiny and loved it so much because it was just so....wrong, inappropriate...you know. Then it vanishes from everywhere. Bless the folks at Criterion! Now what about Song of the South?