Similar Films? (westerns in the mountains/snow) - Jeremiah Johnson (1972) Discussion

[–] joekiddlouischama 18 years ago

The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci, 1968), McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971), and Pale Rider (Clint Eastwood, 1985).

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[–] roryandsteviefan 18 years ago

lol....always there to answer my question joekidd...thanks....I had the great silence in mind....is it any good?

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[–] joekiddlouischama 18 years ago

lol....always there to answer my question joekidd...thanks....I had the great silence in mind....is it any good?

You know, I've yet to see it myself, but it has a reputation as a cult-classic and the viewer reviews on this site are highly enthusiastic. I'd love to see it at some point.

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[–] roryandsteviefan 18 years ago

I've been meaning to see it...but I've been kinda scared to because I thought django was pretty rough....it's no fistful that's for sure....

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[–] joekiddlouischama 17 years ago

I've been meaning to see it...but I've been kinda scared to because I thought django was pretty rough....it's no fistful that's for sure....

Well, I have now viewed The Great Silence (Sergio Corbucci, 1968), and it's certainly the best non-Leone "spaghetti" Western that I've ever seen. The stark elegance of the visual compositions, with deathly dark figures framed by the eerie whiteness ot the winter environs, is truly unforgettable. Add an eclectic, trance-like, tenuously compulsive score from Ennio Morricone and a sense of individual rebellion against social exploitation, and the film is both an audio-visual visceral experience and an intellectual one. The acting is crude in places (to be expected), but Corbucci's direction is chilling, moody, and atmospheric, again aided by his locations, Morricone's music, and Silvano Ippoliti's haunting cinematography. I'd even go so far as to say that along with Eastwood's High Plains Drifter (1973) and Unforgiven (1992), The Great Silence is one of the best Westerns at conveying the spatial harshness and spookily isolating remoteness of life in the Old West. The Great Silence also provides a fiercer, rawer complement to Sergio Leone's magisterial masterpiece Once Upon a Time in the West (also from 1968), with both films speaking to the pathos accompanying wildly wielded economic exploitation in the Italian-interpreted American West.

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[–] ian-bowater 18 years ago

What about Death Hunt or The White Buffalo - both starring Charles Bronson

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[–] Remember_Sammy_Jankis 18 years ago

I believe 'Never Cry Wolf' has a similar setting.

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[–] reiko_loveday 18 years ago

The Mountain Men starring Charlton Heston is similar

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[–] wmjahn 17 years ago

>>>What about Death Hunt or The White Buffalo - both starring Charles Bronson<<<

Yeah, both well-done ones by THE MAN, definitly to be seen. :-)

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[–] xltrt 18 years ago

A Man Called Horse and Man In The Wilderness both starring Richard Harris are in the same category.

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[–] inspectormusso 17 years ago

I'm surprised that no one else mentioned Man In The Wilderness. I saw JJ and MITW as a double feature in the fall of 1972 at a drive-in, although MITW was probably released about a year earlier. 2 fantastic movies.

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[–] rockcairn69 17 years ago

I concur with inspectormusso about those two. Both in my top five of the Western genre.

Seems the only thing the lone White man and the Indians had in common was the same foe, the force of nature itself that they both had to, if not conquer, but at least subdue just to survive. The Indians seemed to give respect, if only grudgingly perhaps, to the White man that could come up there and battle the elements and survive. Maybe there's a lesson in there we could all learn something from, aye??

"I've been to a town, Del"---Classic!!

"Go back to your oar, Forty One."

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[–] mrweets 18 years ago

How about Shane filmed in Jackson Hole The Rounders filmed in Sedona Az

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[–] myndchanger 18 years ago

Track of the Cat, starring Robert Mitchum and Directed by William A. Wellman. It's supposed to be a visual masterpiece.

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[–] pivokocka 18 years ago

The beginning of the miniseries "Centennial" is like that. Too bad it's not on DVD.

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[–] SheykAbdullah 18 years ago

I would second Track of the Cat. Phenomenal movie. It can be a little slow, but it was a book that must have been hard to translate to the screen as it is immensely allegorical/psychological and relies on a lot of dream sequences that were not written into the movie.

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[–] den-myos 18 years ago

i would say "black rope" a great indian movie.

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[–] AsILayDyingPhuko 18 years ago

cannibal! the musical, anyone?

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[–] turtletommy 17 years ago

Black Robe, you must have meant. Good movie, but not exactly a western.

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[–] danhagerty 18 years ago

The Mountain Men

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[–] pleasurebay 18 years ago

There is a movie called Guardian of the Wilderness which I would consider to be of the same nature, the lone mountain man.

I wish I could find a copy because it hasn't been shown in years

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[–] Carycomic 18 years ago

"Windwalker" (1980) was notable for being a Western that dealt with intertribal warfare between pre-Columbian Native Americans. Even if most of the cast were Caucasian!

And, "Winterhawk" (1975) dealt with a Blackfoot chief kidnapping a white brother and sister in retaliation for the ambush of his fur-trading party (who had hoped to swap their pelts for smallpox vaccine).*

*The sister was played by a post-GILLIGAN'S ISLAND Dawn Wells!

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[–] William-Stephenson-1 18 years ago

The Searchers with John Wayne has a similar feel. Great movie about conflict and racism.

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[–] avalanchelodge 18 years ago

"Last of the Dogman" is not about mountain men but it has a decent storline and some great scenery. In addition, I'd also say that "Sacred Ground" and "Windwalker" are highly recommended ones as well.

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