"But when I am alone in the halflight of the canyon..........I am haunted by waters." There is nothing like Nature to remind us of what we have, and what we have lost. Maclean's words of reverie and loss are heartbreakingly beautiful. And Redford captured it perfectly. Thank you so much for posting.
Great movie, reminds me of my Dad and all the other old boys we used to fish with BC Kootenays over 40 years ago. Sure isn't the same today. I know what the words really mean.
I have watched this movie atleast 3 times in my life and had written two essays on this movie and I look back at it ten years later and do not understand this movie ending..all i remember from the movie was brad pitts charater was making a mess of his life and his brother was heartbroken to see it. can someone give me the message of this movie. i read one of my essays from ten years ago and that only confused me .
Longing for a "better life", we fail to recognize or appreciate the good things happening in our lives now. Its only later, realizing our imaginary "perfect life" recedes from us faster than we can chase it, that we understand how precious moments were, and long for them. "So we beat on, boats against the current, born back ceaselessly into the past".
The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops, under the rocks are the words. And some of the words are thiers.
I just love those lines, this movie is one of my favorites.
as an okie who has just moved to sinclair wyoming, i have a small house on the North Platte River......I can so relate to this movie, or at least the sentiments.... "Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it."
I read all these comments... and it touched my heart. We have all experienced pain and loss, I for one wish all of you joy and peace. I know life is an unexpected gift, but with those memories, comes death and sadness. As you get older those memories fade. But, for all of us our childhood is the formative base for all of our motivations and set backs. I wish all a good night and hope for a new morning for recompense and redemption. We all have words, time, and dreams to fulfill! God Bless!!
Norman Maclean actually wrote "A River Runs Through It and Other Stories" based on actual events in his own life. I should hope that my own writings will be as deeply moving as his. He was a great writer. The screenplay is quite beautiful too.
Such a poignant sermon by Reverend Maclean in this part- "And so it is those we live with and should know who elude us, but we can still love them. We can love completely, without complete understanding"
"But when I am alone in the halflight of the canyon..........I am haunted by waters." There is nothing like Nature to remind us of what we have, and what we have lost. Maclean's words of reverie and loss are heartbreakingly beautiful. And Redford captured it perfectly. Thank you so much for posting.
Based on a true story these are my distant relatives, I know most of the story..people who like this movie asked to put it on and then I usually ruin it because I know the story different then Hollywood version in some points.
My favorite quotes of this movie......."All existance seems to fade to a to a being with my soul and memories" and the silence without my wife's never ending nagging, a 4 count rhythm and a hope that a fish will rise."
Oh my goodness,Tom Skerrit,and Brad Pitt should have won academy awards for this one.Awesome and beautiful.No place in the world is prettier than Montanna USA.
I can't watch this with out bursting out in tears. I think of all the people that I didn't understand and who are gone now, especially my late wife. Still, I watch this ending over and over. I don't think this is motivated by empty sentimentality but rather by some profound catharsis that this scene evokes. Something that I can't put into words at least not ones as powerful as Robert Redford recites in the voice over.
@Cthulu54 Afew months ago I looked this scene up. It has always been very emotional for me. I happened to see your comment. It moved me a great deal. We lost our daughter a few months ago, and I didn't understand so many things about her. I don't want that to happen again. I am hopeful in that I will see her again. And I will be more understanding of the ones I love.
THE greatest, most enduring and life applicable ending to any movie....goosebumps, tears; the brevity of life and the human condition. I will never get sick of this. Thank you Norman. Thank you Robert.
I watched this movie when I was a teenager and this movie gave me a different dimension to life. And you know what I dream that when i will dry from this beautiful world I would be able to see the last part of this film in my last time. Who said the words are important in life. There are things that cannot be explained even with words. Words are just not good enough. This movie stabs us in good sense.
@TheMatzee - Go to your local library and rent, "A River Runs Through It & other stories" by Norman Maclean. A River Runs Through It is just over a hundred pages. You won't be disappointed.
As a fisherman...this movie is so touching. I have chased trout my entire life, and i have come to appreciate the spirituality of it some time ago. I know that when i am on the stream ..it is my church...my sanctuary, and whatever problems exist in my life just fade away like the day sky to the night. Without it, my life would not be complete......
My heart and memory hurts every time I watch this scene and this movie. It makes one dream of better times, of those we love and the realization that as precious as life is, it's nothing without love and memory.
Message is simple - cherish each moment but don't hold on to it. Enjoy and let it go. I live here away from my family, my parents, brothers and sisters. In 2005 I once ate after coming from work with my two brothers and my father and mother. I enjoyed that moment, and its been 5 years since I had such an experience. Life is in short, too short. We lose so many moments in anger, rage, hatred, arrogance, ego. Eventually all things merge into one.
@saywow2002 I so understand what you mean... I don't talk to my brothers or sisters the way I use to. We lost touch and don't really know eachother anymore.. It's sad. But, I know that life is but a passover to the big picture.. I believe in god and hope he will have the answers to all the questions in my heart. I try to understand my family but like he say's you can love without complete understanding.
As we grow older, we become the truth we are inside. I am sorry to hear about your brother's and sisters. I am close to all of them but I know who is what. Don't try to understand your family, its pointless. All siblings might come from same parents, but we are different people. I care for all my family members, some I love some I don't.
@saywow2002 Thank you for those words.. Yeah, it's becoming more clear as time passes by.. I love them as well, but I wish they would see me for who I really am.. They still see me as a young boy not a grown man. It's frustrating!
@730ian That's a good thing, that means you had a wonderful childhood with lots of love. If they still see you as a child, that means they love you more than you think. My mother still calls me piddu like a 5 yr old. She says to her I will be always a stupid spoiled 5 yr brat, no matter how old I get. It's OK if your family sees you as a young boy, cause they probably don't want to let go of their fond memories with you as a boy. How does the society see you? That's more important.
@saywow2002 I believe, the only simple message is; Text messaging RANTS are as stupid now as in Moses day. The movie shows Actions are much louder than words unless your Robert Redford. So it is very complex.
Man..... I swear this is one of the best movies i have ever seen ..... No.... This is the best movie i have ever seen or i will ever see ..... I cried after watchin this movie .....Hats off to Mr.Redford ..... I will watch this movie whenever i can.... and i want to visit Blackfoot and do flyfishing with paul and norman :) ..... atleast i can dream like that .....
Thanks buddy :) ...... I'll surely visit blackfoot when i go to America .... Till then i live in my dreams abt montana.... If what they have shown about montana is true .... it is really heaven in the earth :)........
Yeah, Bonner (the town the Macleans lived in) is just east of Missoula. You can follow Hwy 200 east over to near Wolf Creek (where the Burns family lived)... just an incredibly beautiful drive!
Don't just consider visiting the Big Blackfoot... make sure you visit Rock Creek (Valley of the Moon is very nice), and take the drive on US 12 west past Lolo Hot Springs into Idaho (go to the Lochsa Lodge and Jerry Johnson Hot Springs over there). Then you will begin to know...
Thanks dude .... :) ...... But now i am in india and i dont know when i will be able to visit those places you have mentioned....... Till then i cherish the scenes from the movie about Montana and blackfoot :)......
yeah man you are right when i was little i watced this but i was like 7 years old now i am 14 and i cried when i have seen it i have matured and i understand feelings and emotions more that made me cry more because of the ending was too strong and in those 7 years i was looking for this movie i was always thinking of this movie
This exactly looks like same story of mine ......I watched this movie during my school days and i always wanted to see this movie again ...... no matter what your age is ....you simply cant stop crying coz the message is too strong(I'm 25) ....... This is THE movie about love ,,,,,
i 1st saw it when i was 13 or 14 im 20 now but when i saw i cried too its sad movie one of my favorites and just like you i always thought about this movie after i saw it
Well I love this Movie and its messg. It seems there are several folks who miss the whole messg of this clip. And of course it would have to be those who "claim" they are Religious or Christians wouldnt it. What is the Large Messg here? What was it that Your Christ said was the most Important of All? I love this Movie and its larger messg. I dont want to argue your faith(s) with you just enjoy this wonderful clip
To Supamaka. I'm sure there are some other films in a similar vein. I'll put my mind to it. So far though no other movie has hit me quite as profoundly as this one.
The absolute, most truthful, and greatest ending ever produced in any film of all time. Never have I seen a better juxtaposition of a narrative and words. So heartfelt, so truthful, so enveloping in its scope. This film really should be required viewing in every level of our education system. I get chills every single time I witness this.
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Good Movie, but my friends do not be fooled. There is no ending. We were created to live forever in either heaven or hell. Live life to the fullest yes, but make sure that you live it for Christ, that is living life to the fullest. The river that runs through life is Jesus. He even said that he was the living water. This script at the end of the movie is misleading. All things do not flow together in some sort of cosmic soup. There is an eternity at stake with or without Christ.
Frost your "opinion is yours" but please dont think we out here must agree with Your Opinion. Christ was not Real but a MAN Named Jesus was he lived in a Town called Nazareth and he was killed for hos convictions. He was NOT God in the Flesh because GOD does not exist except in your Mind Frost. This Movie and this Clip serves a much larger Purpose on the grand scheme of the Universe than a Narrow Minded Religion like your CHristian Religion
I always amuses me when atheists refer to Jesus of Nasereth as "Christ". You are aware that it wasn't his last name? That be referring to him as "Christ", you are confirming his deity? If you're going to deny him as the Son of God, try not contradict yourself by simultaneously declaring him the messiah.
Have no fear you have learned the lesson by stating the words you have written here. Life and Death are simply part of our journey, eventually all things do merge into one and the river does run through it. Live you life to the fullest and have no regrets that is the true part of being human.
pro1tein. I rarely sign in to youtube these days, but your comment inspired me - in a way. I'm older than you and I live in England. I used to know what you know, but I've let a lot of it go now. You could say I know less than I ever did, but in a way I can't yet define, I know more. Keep learning, brother. But don't forget to forget either. Some things are not worth remembering. Respect.
Very well said, I watched this movie yesterday and it haunts me even now, whatever is said is absolutely true, and I have always dwelt on that subject, could you suggest similar movies like this, I would love to watch them
i am almost 30 yrs old now...my god how time goes by way to fast...way to fast...almost not fair...and i have a bit to go and more to learn, but i am starting to gather wisdom....some of those who were in my life when i was younger have died...familiy has passed on....
for younger people, it seems the older you get the more that gets taken away from you, try to enjoy what you can and take opportunities when you can and not worry about what you didnt do.
I think being a fisherman, and all that comes with it, can help in the the understanding of what is said here...though obviously its not essential. I cant speak to my father at times, we are poles apart, but when we are on a riverbank it is as though we are the same person. This movie for me, captures that feeling perfectly.
The allegory of nature, the river, the idea of time and human longing absolutely capture my soul. Missing some one so much yet having endless hope that "a fish will rise" is brilliant. The poetry of the river of eternity with water formed by tears covering the rocks that protect the words of the past humbling our own always slays me. I am humbled by the strength of emotion that can be felt and the importance yet insignificance of ourself. It is one perspective and helps in understanding.
I cannot watch this scene and am crying as I write this. The waters metaphorically represent time and the things that float on it. I have reached to bigger things in my life and am successful doctor. But I am still haunted by the memory of my brother who died when I was 18. All things merge into one since we return to everything and yet nothing. Only some of the words are theirs, but they are the ones that matter most. I will never be free of pain but still reach out for the memory.
I am a young man, and even though I don't fully understand what the narrator means by what he says in this final soliloquy, It trully does move me. Im not sure exactly what it means "I am haunted by waters" "And the words are theres" but maybe someday i will understand. magnificant.
He is 'haunted by waters' because so much of his life and memories, of his brother, his father, his boyhood, took place near the rivers of his youth. When you become an older man so much of the past is still with you. And yes, haunts you.
A very moving story. This should have won best picture & writing. Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. I too, could not hold back tears.
and i am jealous of you, i live in seattle from kansas city. i drove through montana and almost just stayed there...fell in love with missoula...am going back there in march when i drive through....
Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise.
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of those rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.
Sorry thats roughly what I meant, knowing seasons, when the fish are feeding, what fly's etc. I have watched a few salmon and trout fishing programs & I know its more complicated than it looks. All types of fishing with a rod are though.
fuck you BITCH!!! you is just saying that this is a great movie cause its all white people in it!!!!!!!
yo, guess what BITCH, they is black people out there to and them is making some great movies as well, maybe someday you could break out of your racialist caccoon and see one them movie, ok BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
For people who fish, isn't it amazing at that moment when the fist is caught, we forget about everything, at least I do. I am in that moment solely. It's so brief yet to fulfilling. What a great direction, it really is a master piece. Shows Redford as an artist of movie direction.
I agree. I bought it today after having already seen it a few times over that past years. But watching it again just now made me realize "Wow, I really DO love this movie."
It's a beautiful life story, and it always hurts to see it end.
Isn't it a great feeling, sometimes it just takes 3:29 seconds to just lean back and feel good about everything...I close my eyes, listen to the theme, and the words said, and my own pictures fill my thoughts. Thankyou, great job.
I read this when I was in 7th grade and I didn't understand the end. I spent years trying to understand it... I think I finally did, now that I am almost done with college.
But my favorite part is when he wrote of "spots of time."
"Poets talk about 'spots of time,' but it is really fishermen who experience eternity compressed into a moment."
I can relate to this old man, and the thoughts of people who are dead and that I still dont understand. I lost friends and family members, and this movie sure bring peace in my soul and a sensation of eternity.
the words of Norman Maclean. If touch me . What always recommend this film to all who want to begin fishing the fly. Not because of the fish catch. But the poetry. And the love of nature.
"But when I am alone in the halflight of the canyon..........I am haunted by waters." There is nothing like Nature to remind us of what we have, and what we have lost. Maclean's words of reverie and loss are heartbreakingly beautiful. And Redford captured it perfectly. Thank you so much for posting.
"You knew more than that my father said, he was beautiful". Norman McLean was the editor and chief for a comedy magazine at Dartmouth. His successor as Editor and Chief for the magazine? Dr. Seuss.
after every time i hear or read the end of this story i am overcome with emotion, and the thought that this man is one of the greatest writers of all time
"But when I am alone in the halflight of the canyon..........I am haunted by waters." There is nothing like Nature to remind us of what we have, and what we have lost. Maclean's words of reverie and loss are heartbreakingly beautiful. And Redford captured it perfectly. Thank you so much for posting.
findmejackmalone1 1 year ago
I will not die. It is the world that will end. -Aristotle.
Hydra773 1 year ago
Arnold Richardson, the man who played the elderly Norman Maclean in the movie died on Dec. 6th, 2010.
fishskicanoe 1 year ago
Dammnnnn!!!!!!!!! This ending is "DEEP" I´m a grown man, and wow this touches your soul and brings tears to your eyes....
gallot667r 1 year ago
I sit through this entire movie for these final words
"I am haunted by waters"
HipHopcheerleader 1 year ago
Great movie, reminds me of my Dad and all the other old boys we used to fish with BC Kootenays over 40 years ago. Sure isn't the same today. I know what the words really mean.
mtnhunter1 1 year ago
I have watched this movie atleast 3 times in my life and had written two essays on this movie and I look back at it ten years later and do not understand this movie ending..all i remember from the movie was brad pitts charater was making a mess of his life and his brother was heartbroken to see it. can someone give me the message of this movie. i read one of my essays from ten years ago and that only confused me .
musichalloffame 1 year ago
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Eventually,
all things merge into one...
and a river runs through it...... beautiful!!
rustylanky 1 year ago
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Eventually,
all things merge into one...
and a river runs through it...... beautiful!!
rustylanky 1 year ago
Eventually,
all things merge into one...
and a river runs through it......
rustylanky 1 year ago
Longing for a "better life", we fail to recognize or appreciate the good things happening in our lives now. Its only later, realizing our imaginary "perfect life" recedes from us faster than we can chase it, that we understand how precious moments were, and long for them. "So we beat on, boats against the current, born back ceaselessly into the past".
heartm8 1 year ago
Watched this lastnight wanted so bad to go fly fishing, thanks for posting
CRAFTYMARCUZ 1 year ago
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Simply wonderful movie. I can watch again and again.
mech289 1 year ago
The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops, under the rocks are the words. And some of the words are thiers.
I just love those lines, this movie is one of my favorites.
itzyrink 1 year ago 4
It's hard to think of a pasaage in any book that is more evocative and more moving than the one read at the end of this film.
QMPhilosophe 1 year ago 2
omg i just watched it. didnt expect such a sad end
zeldametalvas1989 1 year ago
perfection.
tdirgins 1 year ago
as an okie who has just moved to sinclair wyoming, i have a small house on the North Platte River......I can so relate to this movie, or at least the sentiments.... "Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it."
sblmiller 1 year ago 2
Best movie I ever saw!
jtricer1973 1 year ago
I read all these comments... and it touched my heart. We have all experienced pain and loss, I for one wish all of you joy and peace. I know life is an unexpected gift, but with those memories, comes death and sadness. As you get older those memories fade. But, for all of us our childhood is the formative base for all of our motivations and set backs. I wish all a good night and hope for a new morning for recompense and redemption. We all have words, time, and dreams to fulfill! God Bless!!
730ian 1 year ago 3
A world that is lost in time 4 all of us Sad really is'nt it!
shanie119 1 year ago
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Norman Maclean actually wrote "A River Runs Through It and Other Stories" based on actual events in his own life. I should hope that my own writings will be as deeply moving as his. He was a great writer. The screenplay is quite beautiful too.
Such a poignant sermon by Reverend Maclean in this part- "And so it is those we live with and should know who elude us, but we can still love them. We can love completely, without complete understanding"
There is such truth to these words..
TeapotSpot 1 year ago
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TeapotSpot 1 year ago
Brad Pitt is a great actor... He plays a great part in this movie and plays a great piker in snatch...
otrice53 1 year ago
The older man is actually Normal himself.
JackLivesTogether 1 year ago
@JackLivesTogether No it's not him. Norman Mclean died in 1990.
archie157 1 year ago
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"But when I am alone in the halflight of the canyon..........I am haunted by waters." There is nothing like Nature to remind us of what we have, and what we have lost. Maclean's words of reverie and loss are heartbreakingly beautiful. And Redford captured it perfectly. Thank you so much for posting.
findmejackmalone 1 year ago
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This was a true story...
HeirAndreas33 1 year ago
Based on a true story these are my distant relatives, I know most of the story..people who like this movie asked to put it on and then I usually ruin it because I know the story different then Hollywood version in some points.
HeirAndreas33 1 year ago
This move stands the test of time ... my all-time favorite movie then AND NOW!!
tgradyc 1 year ago
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One of the best movies ever!!
dragonfly7007 1 year ago
1:52.. every flyfisherman dreams of this scene.
My favorite quotes of this movie......."All existance seems to fade to a to a being with my soul and memories" and the silence without my wife's never ending nagging, a 4 count rhythm and a hope that a fish will rise."
So inspirational! It just lifts my soul!
Tuberidin01 1 year ago
@Tuberidin01 Agreed, and one day.. I will find one..
joniso89 1 year ago
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My most favourite movie of all time. Thank you Robert Redford for bringing this film into my life...
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rockliffe22 1 year ago
One of my all-time favorites. I wish there were more movies like this.
raginh8r 1 year ago
Oh my goodness,Tom Skerrit,and Brad Pitt should have won academy awards for this one.Awesome and beautiful.No place in the world is prettier than Montanna USA.
MrTops2100 1 year ago
Beautiful! Just beautiful!
jd90024 1 year ago
i saw 1:20 on when i was rreally high and thought it was the funniest thing ive ever seen in my life lmfaooo. now that im sober it is sad =.(
crazystupidu2 1 year ago
well done, norman mclean, not robert redford
markyt12 1 year ago
"Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it" that was my favourite quote in my elementary school graduation year book.
SetTheHookProduction 1 year ago
I can't watch this with out bursting out in tears. I think of all the people that I didn't understand and who are gone now, especially my late wife. Still, I watch this ending over and over. I don't think this is motivated by empty sentimentality but rather by some profound catharsis that this scene evokes. Something that I can't put into words at least not ones as powerful as Robert Redford recites in the voice over.
Cthulu54 1 year ago 13
@Cthulu54 Afew months ago I looked this scene up. It has always been very emotional for me. I happened to see your comment. It moved me a great deal. We lost our daughter a few months ago, and I didn't understand so many things about her. I don't want that to happen again. I am hopeful in that I will see her again. And I will be more understanding of the ones I love.
nick1451 1 year ago
@nick1451 Thank you for your kind comments. I offer my condolences and I will remember you in my prayers.
Respectfully Jeff Brownlee
Cthulu54 1 year ago
Bravo...one of the greatest movies I have ever seen.
XxKubrickFanxX 1 year ago
Perhaps the most beautiful conclusion to a movie (and book) ever written. A true work of art.
flyfisherman1001 1 year ago
THE greatest, most enduring and life applicable ending to any movie....goosebumps, tears; the brevity of life and the human condition. I will never get sick of this. Thank you Norman. Thank you Robert.
mazrio128 1 year ago 5
I watched this movie when I was a teenager and this movie gave me a different dimension to life. And you know what I dream that when i will dry from this beautiful world I would be able to see the last part of this film in my last time. Who said the words are important in life. There are things that cannot be explained even with words. Words are just not good enough. This movie stabs us in good sense.
SuperAmit1982 1 year ago 4
please, could anybody send me the text of the poem: Evetually, all things ....
It would be very great.
Thanks
TheMatzee 1 year ago
@TheMatzee - Go to your local library and rent, "A River Runs Through It & other stories" by Norman Maclean. A River Runs Through It is just over a hundred pages. You won't be disappointed.
Didgeridan 1 year ago
I have yet to understand how 3:30 seconds of film can summarize 41 years of life, though it does...I too am haunted by waters.
KGoben 1 year ago
As a fisherman...this movie is so touching. I have chased trout my entire life, and i have come to appreciate the spirituality of it some time ago. I know that when i am on the stream ..it is my church...my sanctuary, and whatever problems exist in my life just fade away like the day sky to the night. Without it, my life would not be complete......
Harrisononthesack 1 year ago 3
@Harrisononthesack me too bud
troutbum86 1 year ago
My heart and memory hurts every time I watch this scene and this movie. It makes one dream of better times, of those we love and the realization that as precious as life is, it's nothing without love and memory.
skatze1 1 year ago 5
@skatze1
well said.
mhurley13 1 year ago
Whenever I feel like a good cry.....I just think of this movie ending. Works every time.
italiaholic 1 year ago 2
Message is simple - cherish each moment but don't hold on to it. Enjoy and let it go. I live here away from my family, my parents, brothers and sisters. In 2005 I once ate after coming from work with my two brothers and my father and mother. I enjoyed that moment, and its been 5 years since I had such an experience. Life is in short, too short. We lose so many moments in anger, rage, hatred, arrogance, ego. Eventually all things merge into one.
saywow2002 1 year ago 21
@saywow2002 So beautifully comprehended...so beautifully experienced!
BhojpureKarki 1 year ago 2
@saywow2002 I so understand what you mean... I don't talk to my brothers or sisters the way I use to. We lost touch and don't really know eachother anymore.. It's sad. But, I know that life is but a passover to the big picture.. I believe in god and hope he will have the answers to all the questions in my heart. I try to understand my family but like he say's you can love without complete understanding.
730ian 1 year ago
@730ian
As we grow older, we become the truth we are inside. I am sorry to hear about your brother's and sisters. I am close to all of them but I know who is what. Don't try to understand your family, its pointless. All siblings might come from same parents, but we are different people. I care for all my family members, some I love some I don't.
saywow2002 1 year ago
@saywow2002 Thank you for those words.. Yeah, it's becoming more clear as time passes by.. I love them as well, but I wish they would see me for who I really am.. They still see me as a young boy not a grown man. It's frustrating!
730ian 1 year ago
@730ian That's a good thing, that means you had a wonderful childhood with lots of love. If they still see you as a child, that means they love you more than you think. My mother still calls me piddu like a 5 yr old. She says to her I will be always a stupid spoiled 5 yr brat, no matter how old I get. It's OK if your family sees you as a young boy, cause they probably don't want to let go of their fond memories with you as a boy. How does the society see you? That's more important.
saywow2002 1 year ago
@saywow2002 Well said.............
mech289 1 year ago
@mech289 Thanks I appreciate that....
saywow2002 1 year ago
@saywow2002 I believe, the only simple message is; Text messaging RANTS are as stupid now as in Moses day. The movie shows Actions are much louder than words unless your Robert Redford. So it is very complex.
hangemhigh2000 1 year ago
Man..... I swear this is one of the best movies i have ever seen ..... No.... This is the best movie i have ever seen or i will ever see ..... I cried after watchin this movie .....Hats off to Mr.Redford ..... I will watch this movie whenever i can.... and i want to visit Blackfoot and do flyfishing with paul and norman :) ..... atleast i can dream like that .....
maridawson 1 year ago 2
or just the dream of fly fishing on the big black foot!
MrAMERICANxMUSCLE 1 year ago
Thanks buddy :) ...... I'll surely visit blackfoot when i go to America .... Till then i live in my dreams abt montana.... If what they have shown about montana is true .... it is really heaven in the earth :)........
maridawson 1 year ago
i live some states away but i have been there, even the major cities arnt that big, and id say about 85% or more is still natural
MrAMERICANxMUSCLE 1 year ago
May god have mercy on me to visit the "Big Sky Country" ....... :)
maridawson 1 year ago
Yeah, Bonner (the town the Macleans lived in) is just east of Missoula. You can follow Hwy 200 east over to near Wolf Creek (where the Burns family lived)... just an incredibly beautiful drive!
Don't just consider visiting the Big Blackfoot... make sure you visit Rock Creek (Valley of the Moon is very nice), and take the drive on US 12 west past Lolo Hot Springs into Idaho (go to the Lochsa Lodge and Jerry Johnson Hot Springs over there). Then you will begin to know...
JazzPil0t 1 year ago
Thanks dude .... :) ...... But now i am in india and i dont know when i will be able to visit those places you have mentioned....... Till then i cherish the scenes from the movie about Montana and blackfoot :)......
maridawson 1 year ago
yeah man you are right when i was little i watced this but i was like 7 years old now i am 14 and i cried when i have seen it i have matured and i understand feelings and emotions more that made me cry more because of the ending was too strong and in those 7 years i was looking for this movie i was always thinking of this movie
TheFreestyler999 1 year ago
This exactly looks like same story of mine ......I watched this movie during my school days and i always wanted to see this movie again ...... no matter what your age is ....you simply cant stop crying coz the message is too strong(I'm 25) ....... This is THE movie about love ,,,,,
maridawson 1 year ago
i 1st saw it when i was 13 or 14 im 20 now but when i saw i cried too its sad movie one of my favorites and just like you i always thought about this movie after i saw it
cucamungacrackerkill 1 year ago
Well I love this Movie and its messg. It seems there are several folks who miss the whole messg of this clip. And of course it would have to be those who "claim" they are Religious or Christians wouldnt it. What is the Large Messg here? What was it that Your Christ said was the most Important of All? I love this Movie and its larger messg. I dont want to argue your faith(s) with you just enjoy this wonderful clip
1234uz 1 year ago
To Supamaka. I'm sure there are some other films in a similar vein. I'll put my mind to it. So far though no other movie has hit me quite as profoundly as this one.
Cthulu51 2 years ago
The absolute, most truthful, and greatest ending ever produced in any film of all time. Never have I seen a better juxtaposition of a narrative and words. So heartfelt, so truthful, so enveloping in its scope. This film really should be required viewing in every level of our education system. I get chills every single time I witness this.
mazrio128 2 years ago 7
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Good Movie, but my friends do not be fooled. There is no ending. We were created to live forever in either heaven or hell. Live life to the fullest yes, but make sure that you live it for Christ, that is living life to the fullest. The river that runs through life is Jesus. He even said that he was the living water. This script at the end of the movie is misleading. All things do not flow together in some sort of cosmic soup. There is an eternity at stake with or without Christ.
frost2047 2 years ago
Frost your "opinion is yours" but please dont think we out here must agree with Your Opinion. Christ was not Real but a MAN Named Jesus was he lived in a Town called Nazareth and he was killed for hos convictions. He was NOT God in the Flesh because GOD does not exist except in your Mind Frost. This Movie and this Clip serves a much larger Purpose on the grand scheme of the Universe than a Narrow Minded Religion like your CHristian Religion
1234uz 2 years ago
1234uz--Your choice whether to agree--YOUR CHOICE.
It seems you show a narrow mind more so than frost2047
tegunn 2 years ago
I always amuses me when atheists refer to Jesus of Nasereth as "Christ". You are aware that it wasn't his last name? That be referring to him as "Christ", you are confirming his deity? If you're going to deny him as the Son of God, try not contradict yourself by simultaneously declaring him the messiah.
jychilly 1 year ago
I basically sob my way through the end of this movie.
I fear growing older. I fear leaving home, and missing so much.. I fear not taking advantage of the right things. I fear missing the right things.
I fear that I will not catch my fish...so to speak.
BrocoliSuportr 2 years ago 4
Have no fear you have learned the lesson by stating the words you have written here. Life and Death are simply part of our journey, eventually all things do merge into one and the river does run through it. Live you life to the fullest and have no regrets that is the true part of being human.
1234uz 2 years ago
I love this movie so much - makes me cry everytime I watch it - beautiful - thankyou for sharing
AstariaDestiny 2 years ago
As I get old I realize that to become old is to some extent to become haunted. This ending is so powerful. Brilliant! Thanks for posting it.
Cthulu51 2 years ago
pro1tein. I rarely sign in to youtube these days, but your comment inspired me - in a way. I'm older than you and I live in England. I used to know what you know, but I've let a lot of it go now. You could say I know less than I ever did, but in a way I can't yet define, I know more. Keep learning, brother. But don't forget to forget either. Some things are not worth remembering. Respect.
mammutly 2 years ago
Very well said, I watched this movie yesterday and it haunts me even now, whatever is said is absolutely true, and I have always dwelt on that subject, could you suggest similar movies like this, I would love to watch them
supamaka 2 years ago
i am almost 30 yrs old now...my god how time goes by way to fast...way to fast...almost not fair...and i have a bit to go and more to learn, but i am starting to gather wisdom....some of those who were in my life when i was younger have died...familiy has passed on....
for younger people, it seems the older you get the more that gets taken away from you, try to enjoy what you can and take opportunities when you can and not worry about what you didnt do.
god i love this movie, great ending
pro1tein 2 years ago 5
@pro1tein - well do what you think is right and will not have regrets.
MrAMERICANxMUSCLE 2 years ago
so much double meaning behind his words. such a great ending!!! a great book!! great film!!
MrAMERICANxMUSCLE 2 years ago
I think being a fisherman, and all that comes with it, can help in the the understanding of what is said here...though obviously its not essential. I cant speak to my father at times, we are poles apart, but when we are on a riverbank it is as though we are the same person. This movie for me, captures that feeling perfectly.
1peachyboy 2 years ago 2
The allegory of nature, the river, the idea of time and human longing absolutely capture my soul. Missing some one so much yet having endless hope that "a fish will rise" is brilliant. The poetry of the river of eternity with water formed by tears covering the rocks that protect the words of the past humbling our own always slays me. I am humbled by the strength of emotion that can be felt and the importance yet insignificance of ourself. It is one perspective and helps in understanding.
trydreamin 2 years ago
Try - That was beautiful :)
AstariaDestiny 2 years ago
I cannot watch this scene and am crying as I write this. The waters metaphorically represent time and the things that float on it. I have reached to bigger things in my life and am successful doctor. But I am still haunted by the memory of my brother who died when I was 18. All things merge into one since we return to everything and yet nothing. Only some of the words are theirs, but they are the ones that matter most. I will never be free of pain but still reach out for the memory.
trydreamin 2 years ago 3
Excellent writing. You have a great understanding!
UGLYSTIKCOLIN 2 years ago
I am a young man, and even though I don't fully understand what the narrator means by what he says in this final soliloquy, It trully does move me. Im not sure exactly what it means "I am haunted by waters" "And the words are theres" but maybe someday i will understand. magnificant.
Hydra773 2 years ago 3
He is 'haunted by waters' because so much of his life and memories, of his brother, his father, his boyhood, took place near the rivers of his youth. When you become an older man so much of the past is still with you. And yes, haunts you.
Troylito 2 years ago
Ganbare old man.
(Gambare)"to try hard," "to hang in there," or "to stick with (something)."
determinedtofail 2 years ago
HERMOSA PELICULA
fernandamedrano 2 years ago 2
A very moving story. This should have won best picture & writing. Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. I too, could not hold back tears.
emanmark 2 years ago 2
I'm man enough to say this movie brought tears to my eyes
squirrelrides 2 years ago 2
No (hu)man would ye be , who could not allow himself to feel!
jojoeblev10 2 years ago
vary touching, one of my favorite films of all time! i cryed!
RichardMichaelQ 2 years ago
Great movie........probably my favorite of all time.
swimbait1 2 years ago
This is one of the best films of the last twenty years. It's real, timeless, and profoundly touching.
DartmouthAlum96 2 years ago 8
Agreed. And the wonderfully rapturous score from Isham helps.
NotMiles 2 years ago 2
Awesome film.
Really touches deep.
GravityBoy72 2 years ago 4
montana is the greatest place in the world
i grew up there, and when i graduate i will return, and spend the rest of my life there.
seattleforlife 2 years ago 3
and i am jealous of you, i live in seattle from kansas city. i drove through montana and almost just stayed there...fell in love with missoula...am going back there in march when i drive through....
pro1tein 2 years ago
......... and a hope that a fish... will rise.....
I am haunted by waters..... This movie rocked! Very spiritual!
the430movie 2 years ago 22
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730ian 2 years ago
"I am haunted by waters" ..........
revolutionstrtr 2 years ago
This movie rips my heart apart. Well done, Robert Redford..
zeldoid 2 years ago 30
Great film. *****
UISTMAN59 2 years ago 3
I just lost a friend that I may have been able to save if she had asked for help. This is a little comforting.
I love this movie.
runnmd 2 years ago 2
A beautiful beautiful movie and book; the bittersweet nostalgia is always there: "Tears, Idle Tears, I know not what they mean...."
TrajanaFortis 2 years ago 4
In the waters of time.
Everyone dies.
But not everyone, ever really lives.
Gemma
repelghosts 2 years ago
Thats very nice Gemma.
dleddy14 2 years ago 2
Is there any scene in any film that provokes so much nostalgia and emphasizes how precious life is and spending it with those we love and hold dear?
Beautifully written, great film.
ASwordAndAKey 2 years ago 9
Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise.
Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of those rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.
ASwordAndAKey 2 years ago 7
Under the rocks
Are the words
Of the dead
Our loved ones
Who we really did not know
Or understand
I hear them speaking
In the waters...
WrittenInTheStarsTX 2 years ago
this movie and book got me to start fly fishing. and now have been for years
ciscokid8893 2 years ago
I really want to as well...
I sea fish, but there seems a lot of skill to fly fishing and iy certainly is something that connects us with nature and our thoughts.
Great movie.
ASwordAndAKey 2 years ago
its not as much skill as just knowing what to do and where to look to fish. its easy once you get the hang of it..
and you catch lots lots lots lots more fish fly fishing
ciscokid8893 2 years ago
Sorry thats roughly what I meant, knowing seasons, when the fish are feeding, what fly's etc. I have watched a few salmon and trout fishing programs & I know its more complicated than it looks. All types of fishing with a rod are though.
ASwordAndAKey 2 years ago
ya. when you into line weights and tying flies it can get complicated, but its great fun
ciscokid8893 2 years ago
homeboy25327: It's pretty obvious that you're a twelwe year old white girl...
rhedman78 2 years ago
One of my all time favorite books and the movie is equally as good. Robert Redford does a fantastic job narrating this movie
acrossi70 2 years ago 5
great movie-especially ending-what great prose!!!
mijrabbed1 2 years ago
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fuck you BITCH!!! you is just saying that this is a great movie cause its all white people in it!!!!!!!
yo, guess what BITCH, they is black people out there to and them is making some great movies as well, maybe someday you could break out of your racialist caccoon and see one them movie, ok BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
homeboy25327 2 years ago
You're not Black homeboy. Your attempt at trolling has failed
Malocosa 2 years ago
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homeboy25327 2 years ago
Like I said, you failed attempt to troll as an angry black man proves even more now that you're a desperate POS. LOL
Malocosa 2 years ago
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yo BITCH, fuck you!!!! I ain't angry about nuthin bitch, but me would prefer dat you quit questioning whether I is black or not!!!!!!!!!!
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homeboy25327 2 years ago
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rhedman78 2 years ago
write english you dumb fuck....
violentsilence4u 2 years ago
Racist I am not for sure.
My Country guilty of course - from UK.
have a go at Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams
buttsyrc8 2 years ago
I love this movie
sc1100 2 years ago
Just an amazing movie! Thanks so much for posting this.
jaysonlost 2 years ago
For people who fish, isn't it amazing at that moment when the fist is caught, we forget about everything, at least I do. I am in that moment solely. It's so brief yet to fulfilling. What a great direction, it really is a master piece. Shows Redford as an artist of movie direction.
saywow2002 2 years ago
Beautiful excerpt. True to life.
qwest4knowledge 2 years ago 2
Poetry.
gregwddriver 2 years ago 3
Why don't you just go and buy the movie ? It's worth the investment !
rrichmond72 2 years ago 7
I agree. I bought it today after having already seen it a few times over that past years. But watching it again just now made me realize "Wow, I really DO love this movie."
It's a beautiful life story, and it always hurts to see it end.
Soggycorndogs 2 years ago
Good Move Soggy ! This is a story for the ages, And a must movie for anyones collection !!!
rrichmond72 2 years ago
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please can someone post the entier movie ?????????
TGDrummer99 2 years ago
I read the comment of the preacher at my father funeral. It sum up perfectly what I felt about him. I could not said it better.
Dragon345 2 years ago 2
I grew up fishing the same rivers they filmed the movie, this clip has many meanings on many levels.
coolhandluke1300 2 years ago 3
"I am haunted by waters." Some of the most heartfelt words in literature.
johnowensjr1234 2 years ago 3
after all these years, STILL my all-time favorite movie. beautiful perfection!
tgradyc 2 years ago 4
i cry all the time when i see this part... my dad read this part at my grandpa's funural... he was a hell of a fisherman and a hell of a man...
redneckkk01 2 years ago 2
Isn't it a great feeling, sometimes it just takes 3:29 seconds to just lean back and feel good about everything...I close my eyes, listen to the theme, and the words said, and my own pictures fill my thoughts. Thankyou, great job.
shawnedell 3 years ago 3
Sometimes 3:29 make an entire movie. I know these did for me.
gibeickman 2 years ago
wonderful
BendyCowgirl 3 years ago
I read this when I was in 7th grade and I didn't understand the end. I spent years trying to understand it... I think I finally did, now that I am almost done with college.
But my favorite part is when he wrote of "spots of time."
"Poets talk about 'spots of time,' but it is really fishermen who experience eternity compressed into a moment."
pure genius.
xleper17 3 years ago
having lost my brother to suicide, this movie has too much meaning.
JON8THA 3 years ago
My sincere condolences on your loss, Jon8tha. I hope this film clip was a comfort to you.
dyadtwo 3 years ago
One of my all-time favorite final scenes of a movie. Touching and beautiful.
rcaset 3 years ago
the movie is great but the book is probably the best book ive ever read it changed my life
trosisforever 3 years ago 3
Is the book as good as the movie???
madridista1611 3 years ago
yes. Its a bit different but you should read it.
arictelian 3 years ago
I really enjoyed the book however the second half did not measure up to the first.
bizmarke17 2 years ago
the book is better
flatsignedbooks 3 years ago
I can relate to this old man, and the thoughts of people who are dead and that I still dont understand. I lost friends and family members, and this movie sure bring peace in my soul and a sensation of eternity.
Dragon345 3 years ago 2
this makes me cry
miltonsuchy 3 years ago
I sport fishing to fly and I have this movie.
the words of Norman Maclean. If touch me . What always recommend this film to all who want to begin fishing the fly. Not because of the fish catch. But the poetry. And the love of nature.
Samjapa 3 years ago
"But when I am alone in the halflight of the canyon..........I am haunted by waters." There is nothing like Nature to remind us of what we have, and what we have lost. Maclean's words of reverie and loss are heartbreakingly beautiful. And Redford captured it perfectly. Thank you so much for posting.
muf0603 3 years ago 6
I agree
flatsignedbooks 3 years ago
deep, touches my soul
alexbrenard 3 years ago
"You knew more than that my father said, he was beautiful". Norman McLean was the editor and chief for a comedy magazine at Dartmouth. His successor as Editor and Chief for the magazine? Dr. Seuss.
tmanct 3 years ago
I never knew that part of Maclean or Seuss's history. Thanks so much for sharing
muf0603 3 years ago
after every time i hear or read the end of this story i am overcome with emotion, and the thought that this man is one of the greatest writers of all time
jkl1378 3 years ago 2