This reminded me of the Thin Red Line. Another Period piece, set during war-where the human beings are often in the background to the wildlife and the scenery
I remember well seeing the cinematography abandoned Mission. The tumbledown ruin on a white snowscape and the bright colours of a painting of the last judgement
It is a cold clear, crisp wonder we watch,
The story is set in the Dakota territory sometime between the war of 1812 and the USCW. In flash back we see shako wearing US soldiers burning out Pawnee villagers. An Indian chief wishing to avenge the abduction of his daughter attacks American trappers. One of the party, the chief guide is attacked by a bear. His son is killed and he is left for dead by a rival.
It is a story of two parents out for revenge
There is a lot of dialogue in Pawnee here
The bear attack on Glass-is terrifyingly well done. I note that it is established that Glass had strayed to close to cubs resting in a nest. The sheer size and weight of the beast was conveyed well (Glass is the trapper played by Leo )
There is one scene which made raise an eyebrow- the scene where Leo rides his horse of a cliff, and survives by the horse and a fir tree breaking his fall
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