Bushcraft Movies?

[Old Pa]

Over the years, there have been lots of good bushcraft movies; "Jeremiah Johnson", "A Man Called Horse", "North 40 Roughcut", "The Edge", and several documentaries stemming from the book "One Man's Wilderness" to name but a few. Yesterday, I watched a winner:



"The Fast Runner" - 9/10

This 2001 film is the first feature in the Inuktitut language (with English subtitles) spoken by the Inuit tribes of northern Canada. I found it to be a fascinating and enthralling immersion into Inuit culture, lifestyle and beliefs. High bushcraft values. The only metal objects I noticed in the entire movie were several knives. The subsistence nature of the existence has to be seen to be believed. The cast and crew (with the exception of the cinematographer) are all Inuit and their story and performance comes from actual experience. Captivating view of life and values. Recommended



What are your favorite bushcraft movies?

 

[forestwalker]

"The Last Trapper" is not bad. Actually, for pure drool get hold of the filmmaker Nicolas Vaniers book "North". if porn is what makes you drool over the pictures, that book has some hardcore, quadruple "B" stuff in it.

 

[fred gordon]

The Big Sky with Kirk Douglas is not bad. I just love The Edge. I've watched it lots of times

 

[Shewie]

There's some good suggestions here fella .....

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6362&highlight=films

 

[Path Finder]

This film is not really bushcraft related but none the less I feel needs to be listed here, and that is 'Point Last Seen'.

However it is only in German even though it is an American film, if anyone knows of an English version let me know, although I do speak German so not really problem for me.

The film deals with the emotional side of one woman tracker who looks for lost children while her own child has been taken by her ex-husband.

A great film.

Aye Geoffrey

 

[TeeDee]

"Snowwalker" is supposed to be worth a watch.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337721/

 

[TDog]

Let's bring this thread back to life.

Here are a few more that I didn't see mentioned before:
The Grey
127 hours - true story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Ralston

Also I just summed up this thread: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6362&highlight=films (thx Shewie!)

The Naked Prey
The Fast Runner
Rabbit proof fence
Ice age
Centurion
Far North
Waterwalker
Atanarjuat
Valhalla Rising - great! VERY bleak. If Bergman made a Viking film . . . .!
Snow Walker
Pathfinder - original version. Just got last month from amazon. MUCH better than the recent re-make imho.
The Way Back - a film based on the book 'The Long Walk' by Sławomir Rawicz http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2010/oct/08/way-back-colin-farrell-trailer
Seraphim Falls
Tracker - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1414378/
The Last Trapper" - Le Dernier Trappeur
Never Cry Wolf" with Charles Martin Smith - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Cry_Wolf_(film)
The Conquest Of Everest
Deliverance
The Earthling
the river wild
Dersu Uzala, by Akira Kurasawa
Into the wild
Kukushka directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Death hunt
Alone in the Wilderness
Ronja Rövardotter
Challenge to be Free
Ofelas - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093668/
pathfinder (the?)
Jeremiah Johnson
Walkabout
Never Cry Wolf
The Hunted - starring Tommy Lee Jones and has a few bits about tracking, knife and flint making