QWhen John Dunbar is sent to Fort Hays after his suicide attempt, what is the meaning of his senior officer saying to him "I have just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it."
AMajor Fambrough the senior officer, throughout the entire scene, demonstrates his lack of sanity. In the next scene just before he commits suicide, he again speaks with another officer as if he was one of his royal subjects. It's assumed that because he is the "king", nobody can stop him from doing what he wants. He is saying to Dunbar, I am totally in charge of you. I can even piss in my pants and you or nobody else can do anything about it. It shows the effect of having to live on the frontier, as it would generally have been the incompetent or the more lowly officers who would have been 'exiled' to frontier posts rather than have them in a more active duty, and the loneliness and distance from what they would consider civilization eventually drove them mad. This is reinforced by the abandonment of Sedgwick by its previous occupants and their bizarre behaviour, the killing of the deer, using them to poison the pond, and the fact that they were living in caves rather than the fort itself, and also the questioning of Dunbar as to why he volunteered for the duty when he was a decorated Lieutenant.
QWhy did Lt. Dunbar and Stands with a Fist leave the tribe?
AThe US army believed Lt. Dunbar was a traitor and that he sided with the Sioux tribe and that his presence in their camp has put the lives of everyone in the tribe in danger and for the greater good, Dunbar decided to leave the tribe and Stands with a Fist decides that she will go with him.
QWhat are the differences between the Theatrical Version and the Extended Version?
AAll in all, the Extended Version offers changes at 64 points of the movie (compared to the Theatrical Version). The most common change is the insertion of new scenes or the extension of scenes that were already included in the Theatrical Version. However, there are also a lot of title cards and alterations regarding the arrangement of scenes. In total more than 50 minutes of new footage have been added. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.
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