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**Seanny One Ball** · 05-05-2018, 11:34 AM

Wind River - 4/4

A third triumph for Taylor Sheridan as an example of character building in a story peppered with graphic, vivid violence amidst a conundrum-steeped, overtly taut atmosphere.
Taylor Sheridan has one of the most enviable track records as a beginner screenwriter that anyone could ever hope for. Sicario, Hell Or High Water and Wind River are three extremely well developed stories with such strength of tone that it will be easy to tell a Taylor Sheridan film by style of performance alone now. In every one of these films he sets up an impossible tense situation which somehow avoids predictability despite the story's progress leaving little option for formulaic deviance and which so far has remained absolutely surprising, impactful and performed with the kind of respect and love for film making that reminds you how good acting can be when it's done in an environment where the storytelling is what matters the most.
Jeremy Renner gives a restrained performance as a hunter/tracker which reveals a side to his acting that so far has only been shown in glimpses and flashes. He is extremely likeable and sympathetic here and alongside the conspicuously beautiful yet clearly powerful, adept and slightly out of her comfort zone FBI agent Elizabeth Olsen you are given the basis of a film that seemingly lives and moves on its own.
The whole landscape becomes a character in its exposure outside the confines of trailers or homes in the expansive Wyoming wild. It's an absolutely beautifully shot film, the scenery may as well be a character the impact it has on the film and it is expertly utilised every time the characters take one step outdoors.
Let that be a lesson to other film makers right now, if you are going to shoot in a beautiful landcape then try to use it as much as possible without detracting from the tale you are telling.

The story is exceptionally bleak, a tale of unnecessary death and suffering in a place determined to afford you as little comfort as possible.

Taylor Sheridan has made three masterpieces, each one a unique tribute to a style of film making that people try to copy but often fail. This film is not flippant or glib about the topic which it discusses and it has a truly brilliantly done scene which removes all sexuality from sexual violence and renders a sane strong person cold and hateful.

Watch this film if you have not already.

05-05-2018, 11:34 AM	#9627
Seanny One Ball World Class References Posts: 30,612	Wind River - 4/4 A third triumph for Taylor Sheridan as an example of character building in a story peppered with graphic, vivid violence amidst a conundrum-steeped, overtly taut atmosphere. Taylor Sheridan has one of the most enviable track records as a beginner screenwriter that anyone could ever hope for. Sicario, Hell Or High Water and Wind River are three extremely well developed stories with such strength of tone that it will be easy to tell a Taylor Sheridan film by style of performance alone now. In every one of these films he sets up an impossible tense situation which somehow avoids predictability despite the story's progress leaving little option for formulaic deviance and which so far has remained absolutely surprising, impactful and performed with the kind of respect and love for film making that reminds you how good acting can be when it's done in an environment where the storytelling is what matters the most. Jeremy Renner gives a restrained performance as a hunter/tracker which reveals a side to his acting that so far has only been shown in glimpses and flashes. He is extremely likeable and sympathetic here and alongside the conspicuously beautiful yet clearly powerful, adept and slightly out of her comfort zone FBI agent Elizabeth Olsen you are given the basis of a film that seemingly lives and moves on its own. The whole landscape becomes a character in its exposure outside the confines of trailers or homes in the expansive Wyoming wild. It's an absolutely beautifully shot film, the scenery may as well be a character the impact it has on the film and it is expertly utilised every time the characters take one step outdoors. Let that be a lesson to other film makers right now, if you are going to shoot in a beautiful landcape then try to use it as much as possible without detracting from the tale you are telling. The story is exceptionally bleak, a tale of unnecessary death and suffering in a place determined to afford you as little comfort as possible. Taylor Sheridan has made three masterpieces, each one a unique tribute to a style of film making that people try to copy but often fail. This film is not flippant or glib about the topic which it discusses and it has a truly brilliantly done scene which removes all sexuality from sexual violence and renders a sane strong person cold and hateful. Watch this film if you have not already.