About the story behind the film

Francisco 2022-03-17 09:01:02

After watching the film before, I was full of praise for the beauty and bet with my husband that it is definitely the scenery of Wyoming. I went to Google to verify it, but I was wrong. Well, I should correct it, the absolute Rocky Mountain scenery.

Everyone knows that the film is an adaptation of a real story. The story takes place in South Dakota, the United States. The real Huge Glass does not have a native son. But he was really torn apart by a grizzly bear who was eager to protect his cubs, and he was indeed abandoned by the remaining companions and taken away all the necessary tools for survival in the wilderness such as guns and knives. When I was hungry, I really ate a yak that was left over by the wolves. On the road to revenge, he joined other teams and survived several devastating attacks by other tribes. The male protagonist's halo is also appropriate. Seeing this, you might be thinking that the motivation for revenge is really great, and how he can help him when he sees his enemy. As a result, after nine months of traveling 1,500 miles, he saw the enemy without his anger at the time, and then nothing happened. The ending is quite intriguing.

Next, let’s talk about the filming.

The film was mainly set in the Rocky Mountains of Canada, and it is definitely not a work under a green screen. The whole film uses natural light without any additional light source. The crew also has special meteorological experts who analyze the weather conditions every day, suggesting the location of the scene, and even the changes in cloud thickness, because this will affect the light. The real Glass was gone for nine months, and the film was delayed for nine months (delayed for five months). During this period, the original location (Alberta) had to be moved to BC because of the warm winter. Later, I went to Montana, even to the southernmost corner of Argentina. It is said that the crew funding has also doubled. Every day the crew goes deep into the cold winter wilderness of minus 20 or 30 degrees. In winter, the day is short, and half a day is still spent on the journey. When you get to the ground, you have to watch the sky and eat, and wait for the natural conditions such as clouds and light to mature. The actual shooting time per day is only 90 minutes. It can be said that the shooting process is also extremely difficult.

This link introduces a lot of specific framing locations, photographers can pay attention to it, the soap flakes inside are also beautiful~
http://www.atlasofwonders.com/2016/01/the-revenant-filming-locations.html

Finally, I have to say that the scenery photography of the film is really beautiful! In the beginning, Little Plum went out hunting, the elk was dripping in the mist in the woods, and the water was faintly revealed, I really couldn't help but wow!

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Extended Reading
  • Eloisa 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    (Forgot to comment again) This is a film that made the entire crew suffer. In the ice and snow, the pursuit of natural light and real shooting, but if you just look at the play, this film is not as good as Inarido's previous works.

  • Aidan 2022-03-23 09:01:14

    I was gnawed by a bear, my throat broke a big hole and water leaked out when drinking water, hollowed out the horse's entrails and lived in the horse's belly... It was too cruel, and it made people sweat. Several dreams and empty scenes are beautiful... It is said that in the real event, the protagonist did not go for revenge after surviving with great pains. This choice is actually more dramatic, but if it is made into a movie, it will look fake. So I often feel that fiction is more in line with the logic of narration than the truth.

The Revenant quotes

  • John Fitzgerald: You all right there kid? Your head in the right place?

    Bridger: I guess... I can't help thinking about whether we did the right...

    John Fitzgerald: No! Ain't our place to wonder. The good Lord got us on a road whether we choose it or not.

    John Fitzgerald: My pop, he weren't a religious man, you know? If you couldn't grow it, kill it, or eat it, he just plain old didn't believe in it, that was it. And this one time he head on up the old Saba hills... San Saba hills? He joined a couple Texas Ranger buddies of his to hunt you know? pretty routine, he done it like a hundred times before, should have been a three-day kill but, on the second day, it all went fucked. Somehow that night he lost his buddies, and to top it off, them Comanches went and took the horses so, he was starving and delirious... and he crawls up into this mott, this... this group of trees out in the middle of nowhere just sticking up in this ocean of scrub and he found religion. At that moment he told me... he found God. And it turns out that God... He's a squirrel. Yea. A big, old meaty one. "I found God" he used to say. "And while sitting there and basking in the glory and sublimity of mercy... I shot and ate that son of a bitch".

    John Fitzgerald: Yeah. You might want to close your eyes kid.

  • Toussaint: [in french] Bring me the girl! Those five horses weren't for free!