Why the masterpiece suspense film ``Wind River'' is also a modern-day Western movie

*Information as of August 2018 article publication.

"Wind River" synopsis

The corpse of a young girl was found in the snowy United States, ``Wind River,'' a land where Native Americans were driven away. New agent Jane Banner (Elizabeth Olsen) is dispatched alone by the FBI, but the investigation is difficult due to the harsh conditions of the snowy mountains she is not used to. Jane enlists the help of Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner), a local veteran hunter who was the first to discover the body, and together they pursue the case, but there is an unexpected outcome...

Index

• A unique suspense story set on a Native American reservation.
• Here is the “current location” of the theme that Western movies have continued to depict.
• Culture, climate, characters, plot... there are many elements that synchronize.
• Positioned as the final chapter of a trilogy written by a famous screenwriter

A unique suspense story set on a Native American reservation.

In 2017, Wind River's meteoric rise began in just four theaters in the United States. At this time, the film got off to a good start, with the average opening weekend box office revenue per theater exceeding $40,000. In response to this, the number of theaters was gradually added, and by the fifth week, it had risen to third place in the North American weekend box office rankings, beating out the same blockbuster films.

This method of intentionally narrowing the window at the beginning and waiting for the word-of-mouth effect to spread gradually is a method often used to bring high-quality independent films to the world. As this film received high acclaim at Sundance, where it was first shown, and won the Director's Award in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, the distributors and box office have carefully thought out strategies to ensure that the film never loses its momentum. You can see how he prepared for the public release. As a result, the film's cumulative box office revenue reached $33 million in North America alone, three times the production cost, and the film's circle of praise and support continues to expand at subsequent overseas box office shows.

“Wind River” (c) 2016 WIND RIVER PRODUCTIONS, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

So, what kind of work is ``Wind River,'' which has received such rave reviews?

The setting is a Native American reservation in Wyoming, in the American Midwest. The curtain rises on the ``quiet shock'' in this silvery-white world that experiences extremely cold weather in the winter, with temperatures dropping to -30 degrees Celsius at night. At the beginning, the frozen body of a Native American girl is discovered. I don't wear winter clothes, and my feet are bare. Profuse bleeding from the mouth. The autopsy revealed that the girl had been assaulted by someone. What exactly happened inside this reservation? Why was she forced to die a cruel death? Cory (Jeremy Renner), a wildlife agent, and Jane (Elizabeth Olsen), an FBI agent, try to uncover the evidence left behind in order to solve the case.

“Wind River” (c) 2016 WIND RIVER PRODUCTIONS, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

This film is based on fact.The audience will be forced to bear with the weight of this sentence as they are confronted with the reality of a special community called the "Native American Reservation" that cannot be imagined from the outside world. . If you look closely at the contents and story of the incident, this work seems to be an unmistakable crime suspense work that also has a socialist aspect, richly incorporating the peculiarities of society and the region. come.

However, if you look down at ``Wind River'' from a distance, you will begin to see a different picture, and you will notice that the elements that have been depicted in Western movies have been inherited.

Here is the “current location” of the theme that Western movies have continued to depict.