During the scene where Colombus and his spanish/indian allied troops enter a hostile indian village, there is some fierce fighting and Colombus hardly escapes getting killed himself. In this battle the hostile Indian warriors can be seen clearly spitting large amounts of foam out of their mouths when they get stabbed in the belly by a spanish sword. What's wrong with them?...Do they got rabbies or what?
shareHehe, I thought about this post when I watched the DVD I got from Australia yesterday. Too bad there is no commentary as it would have been interesting to hear some kind of explanation for this! Was nice to see this film in OAR finally, after having seen it full screened on TV a few times. Still have the interviews to check out but I doubt there will be anything about the foam covered there.
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These things ain't ants, estupido.
To me that whole scene was rascist and de-humanising to the indiginous people. They are "rabid" animals in this film. Note how the warrior is growling like a cat before he attacks Colombus.
shareI think the growling and the foam in warriors mouths was partly a hallusination of Colombus, he had never been a real battle before. You can see the flashbacks that shows his wife and sons. He was scared for his life.
shareMany cultures ingest hallucinogenic things before going into battle.
That is true. Before battle oftentimes this would happen, and it was not meant to dehumanize them but a rather interesting small detail.