Spoiler elements.
Main activity: Montana to 1913/14 and subsequent years.
The film begins with the narrative chronicle of ancient Indian One bar (Gordon Tootoosis) of the tribe of the Cree, in the center of the person of Tristan Ludlow is, played by Brad Pitt. This grows together with his two brothers on in a dreamlike landscape of Montana, where their father has started and built up (Anthony Hopkins), a new existence. As a Colonel, he was resigned to the military profession, when he saw how the defeated Indian tribes were forced onto reservations and he could not help them. Some natives of the tribe of Cree, he recorded with him and nursed friendship with them, including one rod, his former scout.
The large ranch is joined in a magnificent setting, surrounded by speckled ridge in the distance, soft, wooded hills near, amid lush grass under a omnipotent sky.
One bar inaugurates Tristan into the traditions of his people, the young people of organically incorporated itself. When the boy in the appropriation of Indian myths become independent, he seeks the danger and touched the sleeping bear, which leaves him a nasty scar, as well as one of his claws.
Each setting in this film is well chosen and designed an active role in the changes of time and people. Oscar for camera deserved. The film is in the river - an epic stream of American history that you banned and persecuted excited.
Hopkins is full of days lived through wars and wants to hear anything about the forthcoming WW1. For well he knows the psychology. His happiness is the happiness and harmony of his children.
His youngest Samuel (Henry Thomas) is on fire for the war, and emotionally engaged betei ligend on political theme.
The first fracture occurs, Samuel reports as a volunteer and follow the elder sons as protective companion. The father is powerless when he sees pull all his sons in the war, of which he knows that this is nothing more than pure madness. But as he is well aware of the outer toughness and fortitude Tristan knows he obliged him, Samuel return alive.
There is an unassuming but beautiful scene as a white husband his Indian wife asks for their opinion on the future of their daughter. In this spirit of humanity the film moves. Especially Hopkins embodies this spirit when he says, for example, that the half-breed girl is not a half-breed under his wing and give him a good education should be taught.
The war turns out, in fact, than the bare horror. The war scenes are elaborate, professional and enthralling, even though they account for only a relatively small part of the film.
Samuel died in a hail of bullets and therefore is something central to the family soul shattered, whose cure is unlikely. The relations between the once close-knit community break. Tristan has not complied with its obligation, even though he can not for the unfortunate circumstance of Samuels death. His individual revenge on the enemies is simultaneously revenge on himself because he thinks he is guilty and the burden does not know unload.
It is obvious that the sensitive but emotionally dependent Julia Ormond as the betrothed of Samuel from the beginning all four men proposes in its spell, each according to his intention. Samuel she likes, the Tristan loves them, the Alfred marries. Aidan Quinn plays Alfred the elders impressive and strong. In it, a spin-off takes into radically Conflicting. From teasing amiable charmer he turns into a slick businessman and politician. This achievement accomplishes Aidan Quinn very impressive and credible. Brad Pitt's mythical size in the film is possible because of the masterful depictions of Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn. He looks outstanding, because the other two their fragility in the cinematic characters embody unique consistently. Brad Pitt is just nothing without Aidan and Anthony. Their fragility and tragedy is his exaltation to the mythical hero figure. Aidan Quinn is a gifted actor.
It's nice to watch how the director expresses strong warriors tears in his eyes. It revealed a sophistication to characterological profiles that goes far beyond rigid Malung of black or white. The film escapes both a rigid characterization, as well as floral kitsch. He is able to keep the center from the beginning to the end to maintain the fine line between trashy and morality play.
Of course, Tristan can not keep sedentary and thus Julia Ormond not offer what they created because of him constantly pursuing demons. But that's not all. He is the type of eternal homeless, the wild - in civilizational conventions and structures - unzwängbaren man. A man who explores his personality in the secluded grounds of groundlessness - into the heart of darkness ... before it finds its way back to the heart of spiritual home.
A great film full of great pictures and messages.
There is probably deliberate parallels to legend substance of Tristan and Isolde. Tristan also exerts in the film a spontaneous attraction to the future bride of another. He is both a sexual, as well as free relationship with a woman who is promised to another. There is an indirect reference to the legend, mentioned as Tristan in the letter that he traveled to Cornwall, which the legend has a meaning. As Isolde dies Julia Ormond indirectly to grief when she commits suicide out of this.
In his painful tragedy of the film but ends up being a form of a happy ending, because the remaining protagonists of the experiences suffered finally healed emerge reborn and reconciled.
An emotional symphony. A true epic.
Mladen Kosar
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