Jeremiah Johnson
Some say he's dead...some say he never will be.
Soured by civilization, Jeremiah Johnson sets out in the mid-1800s to be a mountain man, seeking solitude in a wilderness whose purity he never questioned. His first Rocky Mountain winter almost kills him. Starving and nearly frozen, he finds refuge with a wily old trapper (Will Geer) whose survival teaching includes going eyeball to eyeball with a grizzly.
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Take a bath Jeramiah - Joe_Pau_Pau
While this movie is visually appealing, it's also a great reminder that we don't get smell along with sound and vision. All of the characters get progressively more dirty: probably the fundamental message delivered by a circuitous plot.
Redford makes his anti-hero bit but keeps his hair in order (bear grease perhaps?) and comes out on top of those pesky Indians that he claims to respect (vengeance for your common law squaw covers all I guess). The movie lacks focus, but does relax the viewer as a journey to nowhere can be. McCabe and Mrs. Miller did a much better job of creating an anti-myth western than Johnson's "legendary" life. For instance, the film begins with a brief narration to aggrandize a social 'shut out' who wants to forget about his past (and things like soap)to head out in the wilderness.
All the same, this movie is captivating in it's clear, vibrant cinematography with actual winter snow scenes instead of powdered laxatives. Just be ready for when the story goes nowhere. Sydney Pollack is no John Ford (try "The Searchers" for instance).A Man Alone In The Wilderness - Scary! - bwod
Robert Redford gives a "by the numbers" performance in this somewhat over-rated movie. What really makes it stand out are the beautiful locations used in the filming, in Utah. The cinematography is excellent, capturing the natural settings of the story. Some good action, but it seemed too long, in my opinion. All-in-all, worth renting if you are in to the whole western/self-discovery theme. One thumb up.Not too dated - Rural_Ontario
Except for the folk singing. And Redford's hair. And the charcoal five o'clock shadow he sports between beards. This was more realistic than Dances with Wolves, in the sense that there's no romance and anybody can die. I kept thinking that whatever he was running away from in society, he was rackiing up an awful lot of bad karma as a mountain man. How many people can one man kill just so he can go on being a hermit on other pople's land?
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Take a bath Jeramiah - Joe_Pau_Pau
While this movie is visually appealing, it's also a great reminder that we don't get smell along with sound and vision. All of the characters get progressively more dirty: probably the fundamental message delivered by a circuitous plot.
Redford makes ...A Man Alone In The Wilderness - Scary! - bwod
Robert Redford gives a "by the numbers" performance in this somewhat over-rated movie. What really makes it stand out are the beautiful locations used in the filming, in Utah. The cinematography is excellent, capturing the natural settings of the story. Some ...Not too dated - Rural_Ontario
Except for the folk singing. And Redford's hair. And the charcoal five o'clock shadow he sports between beards. This was more realistic than Dances with Wolves, in the sense that there's no romance and anybody can die. I kept thinking that whatever he was ...