Wild and Spiritual

Christy 2022-04-21 09:01:28

The film is generally fascinating, with beautiful scenery, conflict, and sublimation. You can see the layers of elements of Hollywood films. It is a good film. Although it feels that the things discussed are relatively simple and the emotions expressed are relatively superficial, but Overall, we can still feel the many thoughts that the film wants to express to us.

The scene that attracted me the most in the movie was the scene of dancing with wolves and a few Sioux warriors to hunt yak Running and chasing on the grass of life and death, brutality and harmony coexist in this primitive hunting.

There are several contradictions in the movie. First, who was kidnapped by clenching her fists when she was a child? If it was the savage side, why did she grow up on the Sioux side in the end? It seems a little contradictory and too beautiful; The second is to extend from the plot where the family members were killed while clenching their fists. Did the local indigenous people have a history of aggression against some white people at that time? I think revenge and counter-revenge should exist in history, but in the end, the white people ruled the Indians with a more thorough victory. At the same time, whether the life of the Indians in the play is real, not glorified, I think so Feeling a little pessimistic and skeptical.

However, the overall impression of the Sioux to me is spirituality, wisdom, and harmony, so it can give people a very good impression. The intelligent "sage kicks the bird" can open up his heart to explore the unknown, feel good intentions, and establish connections; The wild "scattering in the wind", casual and powerful, in the end can say goodbye and reluctant to leave the dance with wolves, and other spiritual characters, all like this clear division of labor, slightly indifferent A state beyond the reach of numb modern people.

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  • General 2022-03-21 09:01:24

    From Dunbar to Dancing with Wolves is a classic cultural anthropologist's process of acquiring culture. Fortunately, the field notes were retrieved in the end, otherwise I would really be pissed off. There is too much to say, but I can't say it. In fact, there are still many imperfections, such as the setting of female characters, the ethical issues that destroy the ecology of the community such as weapons (this is demanding), the racist narrative that cannot be ignored, and the conflict between tribes is not fully demonstrated; However, it is a priori and rare to review colonial history from the perspective of the Indians. The fingers stretched out between different cultures are the possibility of inter-subjectivity, even though there are countless bloody and painful colonial histories above it.

  • Wilfred 2022-03-22 09:01:22

    In my heart, this movie is definitely regarded as a classic. Before watching this movie, I should only understand this movie literally. After watching it, I am deeply impressed by the culture and wisdom of the Indian people. I especially like the way they named them, kicking birds and blowing in the wind. Spreading, standing with a fist, black shawl, always smiling, ten bears, etc., and later dancing with wolves, every name contains a story, and every name is alive, just like this movie , Mysterious and distant.

Dances with Wolves quotes

  • John Dunbar: [to his army captors who are interrogating him, in Lakota] My name is Dances with Wolves. I have nothing to say to you. You are not worth talking to.

  • John Dunbar: [voice over] It seems every day ends with a miracle here. And whatever God may be, I thank God for this day.