History in landscapes! Cinema Australia has always been characterized by local color, natural landscapes and relationships. Whether it was farms, pastures, pens or land, life was boiling on them and any human weaknesses were manifested. And even the Western they go like Eastern, and quality life of the Wild West goes with a touch of melodrama.
Speaking of the Wild West. Shooting a movie with beautiful landscapes, the author shows a story about the relationship between relatives. They were siblings who were in a long-standing quarrel over a passion that intertwined and reverberated from the past to the future. By coincidence, making it clear the destiny of life, human friendship and of course love.
Director and screenwriter George Miller, who directed such hits as “Mad Max”, “Babe: Four-legged Baby” or “Make Feet”, makes a good old movie about endless expanses, herds of horses, and adventures in the saddle. This time, choosing the film adaptation of the work, as part of “Singing in the Thorn”.
The real muse of this film is Sigrid Thornton, the embodiment of femininity and beauty, one of Australia's leading and beloved actresses. It was she, not Nicole Kidman, who first appeared on American television. In this film, at the dawn of her years, she plays the main character, the daughter of a rich landowner, lovingly transmitting all feelings and emotions to the screen.
One of the main roles is played by Kirk Douglas, he becomes the reincarnation of one brother beyond recognition, perfectly playing two roles at once. Desire and skill in the process of shooting, speaks for the better, from this zeal work only wins.
The camera work was done to glory. In addition to the life story of love, the camera embraced high mountain ranges and snowy plains, transferring the course of action on a large scale. Backed up by the charming lyrics of the musical series, so pleasantly complementing its unobtrusive action.
And yet this is an adventure western, and in its narrow focus you can not demand from the film the seriousness of the classics. Although the film was presented at the Golden Globe as “Best Foreign Film”, not to mention other local awards, few people talk about the film, in view of not the Anglo-American project, but the production of Australia.
In 1988, the sequel, Return to the Snow River, was published, and was already considered as a local event.
A resting film, interesting for film cognition, and of course for a lover of the genre.
8 out of 10