The Revenant (2015)
Country: US
Technical: col/2.35:1 156m
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter
Synopsis:
In the northern territory, possibly Montana, during the 1820s, a fur trapper and his Pawnee half-breed son are working as scouts for a hunting expedition when they are ambushed by Indians looking for a kidnapped squaw princess (actually in the hands of French trappers). Bound to take a difficult route over mountainous terrain back to camp, the survivors leave a holding party behind with the father when he is fatally injured in a bear attack.
Review:
And that is just the beginning… This magnificent piece of cinema, actually based on the experiences of one Hugh Glass, involved arduous shooting conditions in freezing temperatures over several months, requiring successive changes of location in order to secure the necessary wintry environment. (Defections and firings followed and costs mushroomed, though they were more than made up for by the film's staggering worldwide box office take.) Like the director's earlier work, the movie reveals preoccupations with multi-viewpoint narrative, an interest in up-close primal action, and a sense of a journey guided by supernatural forces. It features scenes of such intimate savagery as have never previously been realized with such conviction, notably a lengthy bear attack, close quarter combat, and our leading man being required to eat raw fish and meat on screen. For Iñárritu authenticity was all, though his initial resolve not to use CGI was to prove unachievable in the circumstances. What matters most is what the viewer takes away, which is a sense of having been through it all himself, and borne witness to the impossible, a circle neatly joined by having Glass stare into camera at the film's conclusion.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.35:1 156m
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter
Synopsis:
In the northern territory, possibly Montana, during the 1820s, a fur trapper and his Pawnee half-breed son are working as scouts for a hunting expedition when they are ambushed by Indians looking for a kidnapped squaw princess (actually in the hands of French trappers). Bound to take a difficult route over mountainous terrain back to camp, the survivors leave a holding party behind with the father when he is fatally injured in a bear attack.
Review:
And that is just the beginning… This magnificent piece of cinema, actually based on the experiences of one Hugh Glass, involved arduous shooting conditions in freezing temperatures over several months, requiring successive changes of location in order to secure the necessary wintry environment. (Defections and firings followed and costs mushroomed, though they were more than made up for by the film's staggering worldwide box office take.) Like the director's earlier work, the movie reveals preoccupations with multi-viewpoint narrative, an interest in up-close primal action, and a sense of a journey guided by supernatural forces. It features scenes of such intimate savagery as have never previously been realized with such conviction, notably a lengthy bear attack, close quarter combat, and our leading man being required to eat raw fish and meat on screen. For Iñárritu authenticity was all, though his initial resolve not to use CGI was to prove unachievable in the circumstances. What matters most is what the viewer takes away, which is a sense of having been through it all himself, and borne witness to the impossible, a circle neatly joined by having Glass stare into camera at the film's conclusion.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.35:1 156m
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter
Synopsis:
In the northern territory, possibly Montana, during the 1820s, a fur trapper and his Pawnee half-breed son are working as scouts for a hunting expedition when they are ambushed by Indians looking for a kidnapped squaw princess (actually in the hands of French trappers). Bound to take a difficult route over mountainous terrain back to camp, the survivors leave a holding party behind with the father when he is fatally injured in a bear attack.
Review:
And that is just the beginning… This magnificent piece of cinema, actually based on the experiences of one Hugh Glass, involved arduous shooting conditions in freezing temperatures over several months, requiring successive changes of location in order to secure the necessary wintry environment. (Defections and firings followed and costs mushroomed, though they were more than made up for by the film's staggering worldwide box office take.) Like the director's earlier work, the movie reveals preoccupations with multi-viewpoint narrative, an interest in up-close primal action, and a sense of a journey guided by supernatural forces. It features scenes of such intimate savagery as have never previously been realized with such conviction, notably a lengthy bear attack, close quarter combat, and our leading man being required to eat raw fish and meat on screen. For Iñárritu authenticity was all, though his initial resolve not to use CGI was to prove unachievable in the circumstances. What matters most is what the viewer takes away, which is a sense of having been through it all himself, and borne witness to the impossible, a circle neatly joined by having Glass stare into camera at the film's conclusion.