😍 2022-09-01 10:00:59 – Paris/France.
There's a reason nearly every great male actor of different generations has ended up working with Michael Mann. And it's the same reason why get their best performances from themin addition to the same reason why they rarely rehearse with him -only Al Pacino and Jamie Foxx wanted to repeat the experience and the latter almost killed him while filming 'Miami Vice'-.
We're talking about a filmmaker so rigorous and obsessed with capturing every detail that it's inevitable he'll come up against actors who also have a lot of character and a very specific way of doing things. But incredible collaborations come out of these conflicts, a bit like the Lennon-McCartney moviegoers, only part of the couple is constantly changing. One day it could be Robert De Niro in 'Heat' or sooner it could be Daniel Day-Lewis in 'The Last of the Mohicans'.
America's first great hero
This latest film is one of the latest big additions to the Netflix catalog framed in classic cinema. We've inserted it here because it's been 30 years since it came out (we're all going to die) and because, while Mann's painstaking authenticity makes it more contemporary, drink plenty of classic, epic old Hollywood adventure -who has already adapted the novel by James Fenimore Cooper-.
The film transports us to the year 1757, still to the origins of colonial America. English and French clash in a continuous competition for this prosperous new territory, but only the latter have the support of the natives. The English must withdraw the colonists who settled there, recruiting them for the cause. Among them is Hawkeye, the character of Day-Lewis.
Hawkeye is a white man who from an early age was adopted by the natives of the Mohican tribe, and learned their customs and tools for survival and combat, in addition to the connection with nature. One day he saves the two daughters of a British officer from the ambush of the city of the Hurons, French allies, and later he will join the English army for the triumph of his company, which will finally be at the origin of the future American people. .
'The last of the mohicans': colonial epic
Mann sneak in here another one of his intricate portraits of the consummate professional through what could be considered the first American hero. Hawkeye's value and importance are beyond doubt, and every element of the story underpins it as strongly as Day-Lewis' performance.
He's the man the circumstances demand, though also comes into play in an emotional, romance-laden role that manages to be sold thanks to the chemistry between Daniel and Madeleine Stowe. also make a interesting dissection of the politics of the time and territorial disputes.
All of these emotional elements add depth and are what made it such a beloved classic, but “The Last of the Mohicans” also wins for its epic adventure. Mann once again demonstrates why he is one of the best action directors in history in a fierce colonial portrayal, and the tape is devilishly entertaining for that touch of old morning session tape the family could share. A perfectly repeatable experience now thanks to the Streaming.
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