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September 25, 2005
Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson (1972), Sydney Pollack:
Another Western as reaction to Vietnam. It's much, much more nuanced than that kneejerk Josey Wales and gives plenty to chew on. I wonder what happened to Sydney Pollack; this and They Shoot Horses, Don't They are great great movies, a far cry from Random Hearts and Sabrina. Maybe he got more into producing interesting movies than making them.
So Robert Redford stars at the title character, veteran of the Civil War seeking asylum in the Rockies, away from all men. The movie divides into chapters as he encounters the inhabitants of the wild: a Crow warrior, a grizzly man, a christian missionary, a trader. It's these interactions that form the substance of the movie, how even trying to run from people, finds himself discovering the nature of society and America.
13/15
Posted by bing at September 25, 2005 12:05 PM