Dances with wolves * * * *
Drama. Orion. 1990.
D: Kevin Costner.
P: Kevin Costner, Jim Wilson.
“Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military”.
Languid and romantic film that centers in the journey of a man towards the border of the North American west, and to the world of the Indian-Americans, on the verge of disappearing by effect of the civil war that whips to the country, and the improbable interpersonal relation that binds him to them. The riotous sensitivity of the director meets with the moderation of a well designed, accomplished production; all gestures are carried out beautifully, resulting in an epic that resonates powerfully as spectacle, drama and human plea. Its emotional integrity is doubtless; so are its abilities. With dialogues in native language (Sioux and Pawnee). Composer John Barry focused the narrative from the interior of the central personage, portraying also the geographic panorama of the North American west; his noble, simple and eloquent music became one of the more famous film scores of all time, and one of his great artistic triumphs.
SPC: Direction; Music (John Barry); Production; Cinematography (Dean Semler); Screenplay (Michael Blake); Acting (Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene)
