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The Revenant (2015)

Film
DirectorAlejandro González Iñárritu
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Figures

Form & technique
  • Condensation from Hugh Glass's breath fogging the camera lens.
  • The unbroken shot of the bear mauling Hugh Glass.
  • The film's pervasive, amplified sound design of Hugh Glass's breathing. → The Unseen Voice
  • The bear's gaze directly at the camera/viewer during the mauling scene.
Tropes
  • The conflict over beaver pelts between the trappers, the Arikara, and the French.
  • The film's cinematography of vast, imposing, and non-sentient landscapes (e.g., avalanches, frozen rivers).
  • The character arc of Hikuc, the Pawnee man who saves Glass.
  • The invention of Glass's half-Pawnee son, Hawk, and his murder as the film's central motivation.

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