"The Revenant" is adapted from the novel of the same name, the story is set in the Early 19th Century (1820) of the United States, when the United States was in the late stage of being deprived of British and French partitions, the western border was still in france's sphere of influence, there were indigenous people of different races across the border, relying on the primitive way of life of barter, and the Americans living in the western border area, relying on hunting to survive, because of the lack of living supplies, It was common for Americans, French troops, and tribes to compete with each other for resources.
The film opens with a group of hunters employed by an American company hunting on the turf of the Swiss Aborigines, only to be attacked by the Swiss Aborigines, snatching their furs and then trading with the French. The hunting party originally had more than 30 people, but more than 10 people were hunted down, and leonardo played by the legendary hunter Hugh Glass was one of them, he brought his mixed-race son with him, and he was also a well-known guide in the team.
On his way back to camp, Glass is seriously injured by a Grizzlies attack, and Captain Henry (Domnar Gleason) has no choice but to leave Fitzgerald (Played by Tom Hardy), Bridger (Played by Will Poulter) and Grass's son Hawke in the care of him.
Selfish and extreme Fitzgerald had been abused by the Natives, had a large scalp cut off on the top of his head, and had hatred for the Natives, while Grass was married to the Native wife and had a son of Aboriginal blood, so he did not want to take care of Grass, so he killed Hawke in the dispute, and then buried Glass alive, Bridget succumbed to Fitzgerald, and did not want to follow. Glass, who was destined to die, was sad and angry, and went on the road to revenge.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > revenge is in God's hands</h1>
On the way to revenge, he is saved by a kind native, this native and Glass have almost the same tragic experience, with nature with the natives, facing the changing environment, feel that fate is not autonomous, he told Glass that revenge is in God's hands.
In the barren and barren land, in addition to facing the harsh environment of nature, we must also face the selfish interests of human nature. The well-meaning aborigines were hanged by a group of Frenchmen, which may be why he lamented life.
But in Glass's heart, he meets his wife and son in dreams from time to time, reminding him of his unfinished revenge. He did not succumb to the dangers of the natural environment, he survived with willpower, he said, "There is nothing to fear of death, because I have already died." From time to time, he would write the words "Fitzgerald killed my son", and he was like a "returning ghost" who would take revenge if there was a breath.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the wind cannot blow down a rooted tree</h1>
The "Revenant Hunter" camera occasionally faces a grove of trees, and looks up, perhaps with some imagery of life, just as Hawke, when Glass was seriously injured and dying, kept telling his mother that the wind could not blow down a rooted tree, inhaled and kept breathing, to survive, when the snowstorm came, the branches would fall, but the trunk was still stable.
Grasse survived because he had "roots" and he had to stay and take care of his son, and when his son was unfortunate, he had a "trunk", which was revenge.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Glass: "I killed a man who killed my son."</h1>
Captain Henry asked Glass, "Ever killed an officer?" Glass said the man killed my wife. Glass can see from the film that he is a character who does not offend me and I do not offend, and even if he is initially provoked by Fitzgerald's words, he still endures it, unlike the temperamental Fitzgerald.
But when Fitzgerald killed his son, his heart, sure to take revenge, told Henry, "I killed the man who killed my son." Just as he had killed the officer at the time.
So Glass didn't pay much attention to the changes in the environment, the conflicts between the French, the Americans and the natives, he didn't pay much attention to them, he only wanted revenge. In the final scene, his wrestling with Fitzgerald, Leonardo and Tom Hardy rolling in the snow, played brilliantly.
Why did Glass end up having the opportunity to kill Fitzgerald with his own hands, but throw him into the rapids? On the one hand Fitzgerald provoked him, you didn't have a chance to save your son back, on the other hand, he saw a group of Swiss natives (they also hunted down here), he remembered the words "revenge is in god's hands", throwing Fitzgerald's into the rapids.
And God also gave Grass a chance to continue to live, the Swiss chief killed Fitzgerald, not to kill Grass, because Grass's previous good cause saved the chief's daughter. In the final dream of his wife reappearing, Glass completes the revenge, like the final confession of the two.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Leonardo not only acted with expressions, but also with his body</h1>
This time Leonardo did not have many lines, and he acted introverted, especially not only acting with expressions, fighting with bears, crawling in the snow, eating raw fish in the cold rivers, eating raw meat in the snow, and his naked body in minus 20 degrees, hiding in the horse's skin, wrestling and running in the snow... These are all things that require a strong will to perform and force the body to make performance movements, which is extremely difficult for actors.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > "The Revenant" filming is also based on willpower, which is an unforgettable process for the director, actors, and crew</h1>
Birdman Gold Medal director Alejandro González Iñárritu likes to interleave the main line with multiple side lines, and may not understand the arrangement of these foreshadowings at first, but as the plot flows, the story is pieced together one by one.
"The Revenant" is indeed a bad movie, the director said that he could not do it again, although he was crazy, but not stupid, this experience is enough once in a lifetime.
In temperatures of minus 30 degrees Celsius, challenging the limits of what the human body can tolerate, it is not an easy shooting process. The film is directed by gold medalist Emmanuel Lubezki, and the ethereal beauty of nature's pristine mountain forest is made more realizable through long shots.