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Post by Penn Guinn on May 11, 2022 0:49:52 GMT
March of the Penguins
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Post by Penn Guinn on May 11, 2022 0:51:10 GMT
The Thing from Another World (1951)
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Post by Penn Guinn on May 11, 2022 0:55:06 GMT
Alive (1993)
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Post by mikef6 on May 11, 2022 1:11:43 GMT
Distant Drums (1951) (swamp) Hell’s Heroes (1929)-1st sound version of 3 Godfathers 3 Godfathers (1948)-the most well-known one Dune-Part 1 (2021) The Rover (2014) The Proposition (2005)
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Post by Penn Guinn on May 11, 2022 1:20:37 GMT
Perhaps mentioned before (?) but will take any opportunity to post one of those amazing images !
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Post by spiderwort on May 11, 2022 15:33:34 GMT
The Viking (1931) Canada/USA Directed by Varick Frissell and George Melford. Initially a tepid drama of romantic rivalry, The Viking however is an extraordinary portrait of a remote people’s “dramatic struggle for existence”, spectacularly filmed on location in the wilderness off the coast of Newfoundland. The Viking was the first location shoot outside Hollywood financed by Paramount Studios and, most notably, the first film to record sound and dialogue on location as the photo below shows, on the ice-floes themselves. Varick Frissell an adventurer and documentary filmmaker shot all the extensive real-life scenes involving life aboard ship and the seal hunt, however Paramount insisted that Hollywood director George Melford direct the fiction scenes. Frissell was concerned that the focus on melodrama detracted from the power of the actuality content. He returned to Newfoundland with his crew to shoot extra footage of the Canadian icy wastelands, that would be used to replace many of the clunky romantic scenes. Setting sail on the sealing ship the SS Viking in March 1931, Frissell with his production crew accompanied the ship’s crew on their annual seal hunt off the coast of Labrador. They filmed spectacular scenes from the icy wilderness, ice floes, icebergs, and some gruesome and incredibly violent footage of seal hunting. On March 13, the ship got trapped in ice near Horse Islands, off the coast of Newfoundland. After days of being trapped, explosives stored onboard for the very purpose were employed to break the thick ice. Twenty-five crates full of dynamite were held in the ship’s powder room, and as the ship’s crew began preparing explosive charges the whole lot ignited. Twenty-eight men mostly the production crew were instantly killed, including Varick Frissell whose body was never found, he rests with his beloved Newfoundland dog, Cabot, deep below the eternal ice. With a mix of dramatic fiction with footage of the wild, hostile and foreboding landscape, the wilderness environment becomes a principal character in the drama, the film has much in common with the work of Robert Flaherty. Released only a few months after the tragedy the film is an enduring memorial dedicated to those who took great risks, and lost their lives while filming in the remote wilderness. Stuck in the ice Horse Islands The doomed crew Varick Frissell crouching front far right
Oh, what an amazing and tragic story, planet! I've never even heard of this film, or of Varick Frissell. But it is something I think I need to see, heartbreaking though it may be. Thank you so much for the introduction. To say that I am stunned by a director trying to make art with such the tragic consequences would be an understatement. Truly. Words escape me.
Moving on, you've reminded me of another in the Robert Flaherty docudrama vein that I'd recommend: SILENT ENEMY (1930), directed by H.P. Carver with an all-indigenous cast.
"A fictional documentary meticulously reconstructing the life of the Ojibway Indians before the white man had settled in the Hudson Bay area. The 'enemy' they battle is the hunger that threatens the tribe. Tells of the rivalry between Baluk, the hunter, and Dagwan, the medicine man, for the chief's daughter and the leadership of the tribe in the coming winter. Filmed in Northern Ontario with an all-Indian cast. Silent with one talking sequence, music score, sound effects and English titles."
Not a masterpiece, like Flaherty's NANOOK OF THE NORTH (which I think I mentioned early in this thread), but very much worth a view.
EDIT: Did some research and learned that a documentary about Frissell's experience making THE VIKING was released in 2002. That would be worth a view for sure, though finding it might not be so easy.
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Post by spiderwort on May 12, 2022 0:02:09 GMT
manfromplanetx Guess I didn't mention NANOOK OF THE NORTH (1922) earlier. For those who haven't seen it, it's not to be missed. Robert Flaherty effectively created the documentary/docudrama before there was a name for it by spending a year filming the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle. A masterwork, to be sure.
Available on HBO Max, but here's a high-quality public domain YouTube presentation, too:
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Post by politicidal on May 12, 2022 1:43:51 GMT
The title is a big hint I guess.
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Post by manfromplanetx on May 12, 2022 6:16:17 GMT
manfromplanetx Guess I didn't mention NANOOK OF THE NORTH (1922) earlier. For those who haven't seen it, it's not to be missed. Robert Flaherty effectively created the documentary/docudrama before there was a name for it by spending a year filming the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle. A masterwork, to be sure.
Thanks so much spiderwort for sharing your great interest and love of wild places. The Silent Enemy I will be tracking down for sure ! ... I just recently viewed NANOOK once again. Just weeks away from the films 100th anniversary release on June 11, the artistry remains timeless in appeal. the drama and images eternally fascinating. Pioneering, innovative and influential Robert Flaherty was possessed with an adventurous spirit and creative vision. His films in particular this masterwork we are so grateful and thankful for. A valuable anthropological work, a spellbinding journey into a remote wilderness and for the record an insight into now-lost ways of life...
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Post by spiderwort on May 12, 2022 12:00:54 GMT
The title is a big hint I guess.
Politicidal, this is remake of Jean Renoir's SWAMP WATER (1941), starring Walter Huston, Dana Andrews, Anne Baxter, and Walter Brennan. I have been meaning to see both films for years, but so far haven't seen either one! Have always been intrigued by the story. Thanks for the reminder.
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Post by spiderwort on May 12, 2022 12:33:30 GMT
Thanks so much spiderwort for sharing your great interest and love of wild places. The Silent Enemy I will be tracking down for sure ! ...
You're so welcome, manfromplanetx. I think you know that for me nature is holy.
And here's a link to a good on-line copy of The Silent Enemy. Hope you enjoy. None of the cast are actors, but they do well, I think. It is, after all, their story. And I agree with you 100% about Flaherty.
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Post by spiderwort on May 12, 2022 13:18:42 GMT
Adding a few more favorites. GRASS: A NATION'S BATTLE FOR LIFE (1925), a documentary by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack (known for a very famous classic Hollywood "wilderness" film, which I'll leave for others to name). This film is the story of an Iranian nomadic tribe as they journey through bleak country to reach the grasslands that will save their livestock. GRASS: A NATION'S BATTLE FOR LIFE trailer And two of my all-time favorites from a country (Mongolia) that I have always longed to visit.
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Post by spiderwort on May 12, 2022 14:50:50 GMT
March of the Penguins
Loved this one, penn. And now you've reminded me of another that I really enjoyed back in the day: CRY OF THE PENGUINS aka MR. FORBUSH AND THE PENGUINS, starring John Hurt with a brief visit by Hayley Mills. Story of a biologist studying (by living with) a colony of penguins in (I think) antarctica.
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Post by politicidal on May 13, 2022 0:51:07 GMT
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Post by teleadm on May 17, 2022 17:14:14 GMT
Caravans 1978. It took place in a fictional Afghanistan though filmed in the deserts around Isfahan in Iran shortly before their revolution. Since a character has been traced to have joined the nomadic people there is a lot of scenes that takes place in that dry wilderness. Those nomadic tribes are not Bedouins or Arabs, but Baluchs. It's no Lawrence of Arabia, but not as bad as I've read it would be either.
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Post by Rufus-T on May 17, 2022 17:37:44 GMT
There are many. These took places mostly in the wilderness Born Free (1966) Out of Africa (1985) Trader Horn (1931) King Solomon's Mines (1950) Walkabout (1971)
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Post by spiderwort on Jul 9, 2022 22:58:47 GMT
There are many. These took places mostly in the wilderness Trader Horn (1931)
Am not familiar with this one, Rufus, but I was surprised to learn that it received an Oscar nomination for best picture. And W.S. Van Dyke directed it; yet another attraction. Will see if I can find it.
And for some reason you've reminded me of one I saw decades ago, but remember loving it for its landscapes and suspense: THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932), starring Joel McCrae and Fay Wray. Probably need to see that one again, too. (Oh, the list just keeps getting longer and longer!)
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jul 10, 2022 5:10:29 GMT
The Tale Of Ruby Rose (1987) Australia. Dir. Roger Scholes. The character Ruby Rose is based on a story told to Scholes by an old woman who recalled a fascinating and sad true life story about a young woman living in the wilderness. The wife of a skin trapper she had lived alone in a primitive hut in the wilds for four years while waiting for her husband, not knowing he had died while trying to get back to her in the middle of winter. Director and writer Roger Scholes was interested in the way that isolation had shaped women’s lives in this remote region during the 1920s. Filmed on location in the harsh winter environment, an impressive aerial overview gives a breathtaking expansive introduction to the spectacular Tasmanian wilderness, an area internationally known for its scenic and undisturbed natural wonder.
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Post by telegonus on Jul 10, 2022 7:21:01 GMT
The first movie that came to mind was "River of No Return", then- "Westward the Women" "King Solomon's Mines" "Legend of the Lost" "Last of the Mohicans" "The Thing from Another World" "The African Queen" I haven't seen The Swiss Family Robinson mentioned thus far; or maybe laziness on my part. Although soundstage bound, the 1943 war film, Bataan is set in Bataan. Nobody goes anywhere after the beginning evacuation scenes. In any case, we don't see those who left after they're gone. A much later WWII film with a jungle setting, looks and feels stagebound: The Long And The Short And The Tall. Yet it's very well done, and while, as one might imagine, "talky" as well, I got into it. Laurence Harvey, oddly cast, is solid. Going way back, to 1939, Five Came Back is nearly all jungle. The 1955 Civil War (sort of) Everglades "western", Yellowneck was filmed on location in Florida, and if memory serves there's no "indoors" in this outdoors movie. Anthony Mann's rugged great outdoors western, The Naked Spur qualifies, I believe, allowing for a scene shot entirely in a real cave. There must be dozens of peplum pictures set nearly entirely out of doors.
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Post by spiderwort on Jul 10, 2022 10:42:04 GMT
The Tale Of Ruby Rose (1987) Australia. Dir. Roger Scholes. The character Ruby Rose is based on a story told to Scholes by an old woman who recalled a fascinating and sad true life story about a young woman living in the wilderness. The wife of a skin trapper she had lived alone in a primitive hut in the wilds for four years while waiting for her husband, not knowing he had died while trying to get back to her in the middle of winter. Director and writer Roger Scholes was interested in the way that isolation had shaped women’s lives in this remote region during the 1920s. Filmed on location in the harsh winter environment, an impressive aerial overview gives a breathtaking expansive introduction to the spectacular Tasmanian wilderness, an area internationally known for its scenic and undisturbed natural wonder.
Oh, this one sounds haunting, planet. Will keep an eye out for it. Thanks.
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