12/29/2023 0 Comments Brad pitt in river runs through it![]() ![]() It is the relationships between men, father and sons, brothers, and their women to the outside world that grounds A River Runs Through It to a vein of storytelling that is missing in so many of Hollywood films produced in recent years. Both Schaffer and Pitt are totally believable as the brothers whose love of fly fishing and each other will tie them together forever. MacLean, a man whose methods of education include fly fishing as well as the Bible, Brenda Blythen, the mother, and his sons, Craig Schaffer and Brad Pitt create a family whose interactions reflect the same problems all encounter with growing teenage sons, and later, complex young men. This film makes love to the visual and the word with text by author Norman Maclean, and stunning camera work by Phillippe Rousselot (Serpent's Kiss, Reigne Margot). In A River Runs Through It, Redford displays the lyric romanticism and visual splendor of the high Rocky Mountains of Montana as if he were a 19th century landscape painter of the ilk of Thomas Moran or Albert Bierstadt. I have seen all the films directed by Robert Redford and appreciated his love of the American people and the land. ********* A River Runs Through It (1992) Robert Redford ~ Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn Just a few other thoughts: At the risk of over-analyzing, I felt the characters of Norman, Paul, their father, and Redford merging into ONE character at the end of the film I wonder if Redford intended it that way? His direction, narration, and lead performances seemed blend together Directing, Preaching, Fishing, the River - it all runs together and, we're all water. You'll know why that memory of the perfect fly fisherman is there. You'll understand the focus on his brother, with that magical quality that just slipped away Perhaps, there was no perfection there but, you'll know why Norman sees it. They may not be the things you'd believe an old man remembers but, by the end of the film, you know. It happened twenty minutes (or so) after the kids "grew up" - this is the story of Norman Maclean's remembrances the touching stones of his life. ![]() The film is often slow and confusing, even if you are familiar with the Norman MacLean story and, this is a somewhat alternate version/vision of the original written work. ![]() As I was watching, I thought: well, it looks all nice, but what's happening? I was unsure about the film's focus. The kids playing the younger Macleans were quite an asset I did recognize Joseph Gordon-Levitt in an impressive debut (though not his first). You will immediately notice the breathtaking Montana scenery - photography by Philippe Rousselot, direction by Robert Redford, with an obviously adept cast and crew. Craig Sheffer (as Norman) and Brad Pitt (as Paul) are Montana sons-of-a-preacher man Tom Skerritt (as Reverend Maclean). ![]()
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