On Tuesday 7 September at 10.35 am the full version of “Dances with wolves”, directed, produced and starring Kevin Costner, will be broadcast on Sky Cinema 2. In the film, set in 1863 during the Civil War and based on the novel of the same name by Michael Blake, the actor-director is Lieutenant John Dunbar, an officer of the Unionist Army sent to Fort Sedgewick, a garrison of the western frontier, to margins of the Nebraska prairies. Here he comes into contact with the Red Indians and discovers that the Indians are not as wild and violent as the American propaganda tells. Furthermore, the lieutenant realizes that the real predators and overwhelms are the whites. After being renamed “Dances with wolves” by the Red Indians (in memory of a solitary dance performed by the lieutenant around the fire in the company of two wolves) Dunbar leaves the army, is welcomed into the Sioux Lakota tribe and marries “Raised with fist” . But soon he will clash with the northern army which is ready to sentence him to death for treason. “Dances with Wolves” is a courageous, innovative and surprising film. This is the first film that questions the rhetoric of the “frontier” and tells the story from the point of view of the Indians, a population exterminated by US troops. Splendid images of the boundless nature taken in all its charm. The film is critically acclaimed and gets 7 Oscars (Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Non-original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound and Best Dramatic Score). Boom at the box office: costing 22 million dollars, it collects 424. Waiting for the broadcast, here’s what happened to the protagonists.
7 September 2021 | 10:52
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