{"id":3012,"date":"2007-04-17T10:44:48","date_gmt":"2007-04-17T17:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2021-01-18T14:14:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T21:14:24","slug":"naked-prey-the-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3012","title":{"rendered":"Naked Prey, The (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Man &#8212; lacking the will to understand other men &#8212; became like the beasts, and their way of life was his.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Poster-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Poster.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA safari leader (Cornel Wilde) in 1800s Africa is captured by a tribe, set loose with no clothing or weapons, and hunted by a group of warriors.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Africa<\/li>\n<li>Cornel Wilde Films<\/li>\n<li>Escape<\/li>\n<li>Hunting<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;brutal adventure movie&#8221; &#8212; which bears resemblance to <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=24\"><em>The Most Dangerous Game<\/em> (1932)<\/a> in its tale of a man hunted as human prey &#8212; is indeed an &#8220;unusual, exciting, often frightening film&#8221;, with very little dialogue or plot. Although director\/producer\/star Cornel Wilde pushes the metaphor of &#8220;kill or be killed&#8221; a bit too far (the extraneous footage of African fauna in battle quickly becomes repetitive), it&#8217;s still remarkably exciting to see Wilde outrunning his captors, and using his substantial wits to survive. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde4-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde4-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde4-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde4-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde4-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde4-1536x653.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde4-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde4.png 1649w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What Peary curiously neglects to mention in his review, however, is the sticky issue of how the African natives are portrayed. On the one hand, Wilde respects the warriors as individuals, showing them stopping to mourn each other as they&#8217;re killed. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Africans.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Africans-1024x437.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Africans-1024x437.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Africans-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Africans-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Africans-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Africans-1536x655.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Africans-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Africans.png 1643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s undeniably refreshing to see Africans gaining a sort of revenge against the whites who so brutally invaded their culture. On the other hand, they&#8217;re still clearly posited as The Exotic Others: the women dance around without shirts on, the warriors are essentially portrayed as savage and uncivilized, and Wilde (The White Man) is the undisputed protagonist. On the whole, however, I would still vote for <em>The Naked Prey<\/em> as a rare mid-century American film which at least attempts to humanize Africans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cornel Wilde as The Man<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde6-1024x430.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde6-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde6-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde6-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde6-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde6-1536x645.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde6-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Wilde6.png 1651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plenty of exciting action sequences<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Running.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Running-1024x436.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-64201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Running-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Running-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Running-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Running-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Running-1536x653.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Running-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Naked-Prey-Running.png 1643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, to see Wilde in his most iconic role. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0060736\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/the-naked-prey-1967\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Man &#8212; lacking the will to understand other men &#8212; became like the beasts, and their way of life was his.&#8221; Synopsis: A safari leader (Cornel Wilde) in 1800s Africa is captured by a tribe, set loose with no clothing or weapons, and hunted by a group of warriors. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Africa Cornel Wilde Films Escape Hunting Survival Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this &#8220;brutal adventure movie&#8221; &#8212; which bears resemblance to The Most Dangerous&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3012\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3012"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64204,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3012\/revisions\/64204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}