Walker

This outrageous film, ostensibly the story of American adventurer William Walkers invasion of Nicaragua with a band of mercenaries he termed "The Immortals," and his subsequent rule as president from 1855 to '58, is really a magnificent surrealist spectacle of the nightmarish history...

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Published in:Canadian dimension 2005-07, Vol.39 (4), p.52
Main Author: Slye, Rick
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Cox, Alex
Walker, William
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Summary:This outrageous film, ostensibly the story of American adventurer William Walkers invasion of Nicaragua with a band of mercenaries he termed "The Immortals," and his subsequent rule as president from 1855 to '58, is really a magnificent surrealist spectacle of the nightmarish history of American expansion all over the world. Steamship baron Cornelius Vanderbilt meets with [Walker] in the desert outside his private railcar, like some seedy pasha.
ISSN:0008-3402