Clearcut 1991 PT.9

The movie begins and ends as a spirit, known in the movie as Arthur (Greene) enters, and descends back into the world from the water. Then the movie shows an airplane carrying a passenger to an Indian reserve, where they're blockading construction/forestry equipment from clearcutting on Indian land. We later realize that the individual was a lawyer representing the tribe whose land is going to be clearcut and the protesters are angered at the lawyer losing the case & the lawyer came to discuss an appeals process. Wilf (Westerman) is introduced at this time & then he in turn introduces Arthur, who also kidnaps the logging company's general manager, and the four take off through the woods where Arthur "instructs" them in listening to Mother Earth. Surrealistic, in its entirety, throughout the movie you're taken for a ride that will take you through many thought provoking scenes. In particular where Wilf describes Washakeajack, the Indian trickster.

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[MrsProller123]

it work spirit spells work

[atenuntecapisc]

Questa è la parte del film "Clearcut" più cruda e saliente. Per me è rimasto uno dei film, seppur molto economico da realizzare, veramente tosto e significativo tra tutti i film sui nativi americani realizzati fin'ora. Purtroppo non riesco a trovarlo in lingua italiana nonostante nel '91 rai tre lo trasmise dopo aver intervistato il regista. La fine di Graham Greene nel film, il coo-protagonista, dovrebbe essere la più appropriata da parte degli esseri umani di oggi nei riguardi di mamma terra.

[squamish4244]

I think the trickster was showing him how determined you have to be to succeed at something really worth having. (In this case, the courage to protect the natural world, but the same could apply to anything truly important in life.)

[Ojibwaynese]

Pretty farkin intense movie lol. That one guy looks like Jack Layton.