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After adding a film about Native Americans to my shopping cart, "The Snow Walker" frequently showed up as a recommended movie for me to purchase. I finally took a look at the description, but was hesitant to buy it (it was not available here in Helena for rent) as it did not sound like it really was about Native Americans, based upon the description and reviews. None-the-less, I decided to buy the film based upon the praise for it, and I am so very glad that I did. Let me state for the record, that if I had understood that the story was an adaptation of another book by Farley Mowat, author of book for which the film "Never Cry Wolf" was based upon, I would have been much quicker to purchase this movie.
Barry Pepper, as Charlie Halliday, gives a very powerful and endearing performance; with one exception. While the language of his character's bigotry was included--but clearly diluted for the film--Barry Pepper's personality (and performance, perhaps) just did not fit the role. That is, Pepper just did not act like a hard core bigot that the role called for. As such, his "transformation" in the film was less powerful than I suspect was the case in the book. Regardless of the potency of Charlie Halliday's bigotry, Barry Pepper excelled in portraying the character's other traits. "New comer" Annabella Piugattuk, as Kanaalaq, the Native woman that Halliday interacts with (and learns to become a "Snow Walker" from), is absolutely perfect in her performance--I hope we will see more of her in the future.
As for being categorized as a "Native American" film, "The Snow Walker" is not about Native Americans; it is about two individuals from two different cultures, whose lives become interdependent by circumstances of life. Through Barry's character, we learn a little bit about the type of person who "runs away to the bush" with minimal survival skills. Through Annabelle's character we learn a little bit about an Inuit woman who is trying "to live through" a disease for which her body has limited inherited immunity to protect her from it. The movie is about a man's tenacity to survive the "wilderness" after surviving World War II; about his ego and ultimate surrender of that ego to survive. It is about a woman steeped in understanding life in the "wilderness," having lived there her entire life; about her reticence and ultimate decision to share her knowledge and skills to survive. To a lesser degree, the film is a metaphor for Native-Non Native culture interactions, and what potential could be had if both could "surrender" and learn.
The primary drawback (like that for "Never Cry Wolf") to "The Snow Walker," from my perspective, is that the topic is one that has limited appeal for viewers. And unlike "Never Cry Wolf" that appealed to (and was essentially promoted to) children, "The Snow Walker" is geared towards an adult audience, and relies much more upon characters and drama. To that end, "The Snow Walker" is wonderfully brilliant. Like so many Canadian films, "The Snow Walker" deserves greater world wide recognition.
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