The Revenant and the Spirituality of Man and Nature

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The Revenant’ is more than an epic survival tale of brutal proportions, but also a sublime display of the relationship between man and nature. In our latest video essay, we look at Hugh Glass’ spiritual connection to the wilderness in the film and how it recalls the work of Andrei Tarkovsky.

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Tristan Graff says:

I was not ready for this. here I am just perusing through youtube and then you hit me with this. I need to go and watch this movie again. because though delightful I definitely missed the point. I don't "like" too many videos but this was beautiful

Collin Wimbish says:

awesome analysis, I'd love to see more of these in the future

fatstab says:

So glad he won that Oscar. Well deserved!

Elvis Serafimov says:

Hey, guys! I have a question for the WWE fans: When you look at the movie's poster, don't you need time to realise that the man in the poster is Leonardo DiCaprio, not Roman Reigns?

Omar Domingue says:

2 mins and everything she has said so far reminds me the stupidity critics have ohhh yeah the tress reminds us the dominance of narute… Lmao wtf no its just where they decided to film and that fit accordingly to the books descriptions.

Ersatz Person says:

Aw man, I could have watched this analysis go on for another 10 minutes or so. Fantastic job. I kind of wish you also took a look at Fitzgerald's point of view and how different his viewpoint is to Glass' (like his selfishness and racism in comparison to Glass' selflessness and acceptance) but what you covered here was excellent.

Also, anyone here found the Church scene gut wrenching? I was tearing up hard during that scene when I saw it in the theater.

Kreddi says:

Awesome video, but I think you missed out on an important detail in the scene where he emerges from hiding within the deer. It was a very 'literal' showcase of rebirth (In a way it mirrored birth), even more strongly so after the arguments made in the video about him thanking / accepting nature.

John Groshko says:

How the hell did this not win best picture!?

Travis Wesley says:

I really love how nature envelops the characters. The nature really is more than just the setting, it's a character. Beautiful and at the same time completely ruthless. This film really expresses that better than anything I've seen in recent years.
I loved the comparisons to Tarkovsky. I need to see those films!

Aswad MN says:

Superbly informative

DH Shawon says:

Screen Crush just became Wisecrack ! Well done!

MysteryMan512 says:

Ralph Waldo Emerson anyone?

peacekeeperboy says:

Interesting!!

JediMedi says:

Great Analysis! That are really some interesting Points

Gamesage47 says:

poignant analysis!

8mac22 says:

Im just gonna go put on a limb and say most directors and cinematographers probably don't think THAT much into the shots. They get what looks cool. Sure, there is definitely a thought process behind each shot, but more often than not its just whatever looks best.

sangeeth666 says:

Leonardo turned his beast mode on for this film. What an actor.

Emerson Koly says:

Woah, screen crush, you guys are really good!! I think this is easily one of my favourite videos on youtube to date, Keep up the awesome work!!:)

Steven Sanchez says:

This was awesome.

LooLeReX says:

What about the meteorites falling from the sky????

Drew's Reviews says:

That was an amazing video. Great job as always screencrush

Marianna Leal Leal says:

Cool Definitely sounds that it was worth watching (:(:

Marianna Leal Leal says:

Cool (:(: Definitely sounds that it was worth watching!(:

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Samuel Cárdenas Espinosa says:

by far the best video ever from @ScreenCrush

LaTornadeF10 says:

very interesting !

Sergio Osvaldo Valdés Arriaga says:

I read that last shot as the opposite. He doesn´t find peace, he just lost his reason that was keeping him alive: revenge. Nice video, btw.

thirdbman says:

wish i saw this in cinema, looks remarkable

TmactotheRack .Jballer says:

#1stAND2ndCOMMENT

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