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-century wilderness of South Dakota. The film was shot in starkly beautiful, but dangerously frigid locations across British Columbia, Alberta and other remotely inhospitable areas.![Revenant Revenant](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/72/7e/c2/727ec22eb30d1864cfd05a60ee689a2a--the-revenant-john-fitzgerald.jpg)
US actor Leonardo Di Caprio listens during a press conference in Mexico City, on January 26, 2016 to promote his new movie 'The Revenant'. (Photo Credit RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)
Filming in the frosty forests and on the tundra was rough enough, but the character of Hugh Glass endures being shot at by both the French and Indians; being half buried; sleet and snow; a broken ankle; punctured organs, gaping wounds and slashed skin from the claws of a vicious bear; malnutrition; heartbreak; riding a horse off an escarpment; and falling into icy, raging rapids.
The film was inspired by true events, but "The Revenant"…is ridiculous.
Icy rapids and conditions were some of the elements Leonardo DiCaprio battles in "The Revenant" (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
Dr. John Dery is an emergency room physician at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan. “My wife and I saw the movie and in was an incredible story. You have to love Hollywood for telling a good story,” he says about the lengthy, but preposterous film. Here are the reasons Glass should have been in a wooden box:
COLD SPLASH: “Jumping into frigid water instantaneously causes all of your blood vessels to squeeze in vassal constriction and it can cause a shock to your system by shunting blood flow away from your periphery. Someone who has high blood pressure or cardiac risk factors would be in danger of cold-induced stress.”
WEEKS OF DAMP SHIVERING: “The worst case scenario is being cold and wet. Once you get wet it is very hard to get dry in those harsh conditions…and once you get cold it is very hard to get warm,” says Dery. “The survival instincts of the Native Americans in the story helped. They grabbed dry sticks and brush and packing them into their clothes to try to create some dry space between the skin and the clothing. They didn’t have all the nice Gore-Tex and North Face clothing we have now, but the idea was to increase the amount of warm air surrounding their bodies at all times.”
HIS SURVIVAL RATE WAS REDUCED EVEN FURTHER BY THE ELEMENTS: “The amount of trauma that was taking place at the same time he was battling the elements was overwhelming,” Dery insists. “It’s a well-known fact in the military that you have a greater than 85-percent chance of dying if you have a concurrent trauma as because it prevents your body from healing and stops it from responding the way its’ supposed to.” Visio 2013 32 bit download.
FATAL FROST: “The frostbitten tissue is actually frozen and dead – there are ice crystals growing inside of it. We often say that you freeze in January and we amputate in July because it takes several months to find out where the line of the good tissue or bad tissue is. It takes a long time to declare itself,” Dery explains. “Anyone who has ever waited outside for a school bus has felt that freezing in the tips of your fingers and ears. Then when you got inside to warm up you felt a burning sensation for about 15 minutes. That’s a little frost nip: it’s the start of frostbite. The exposed areas are the highest at risk: your face, neck and fingers, which we tend to not cover up, and were uncovered through much of the movie.”
HYPOTHERMIA: “We try to avoid hypothermia as much as possible in our traumatically injured patients. We try to keep them as warm as we can to keep the blood flowing to all of their tissues,” says Dery. “But sometimes we will actually try to use hypothermia to our advantage medically. We recently treated a woman who had a cardiac arrest. We were able to get her blood pressure back and started to wake her up a little bit, but then we actually kept her unconscious and intentionally made her hypothermic. It slows down your body’s reaction, slows down the chemistry, the heartbeat, the cerebral blood flow, and we used that to a clinical advantage in a controlled situation because it puts you that much closer to being in a comatose state. It’s almost a standard of care for someone who’s had a cardiac arrest.”
BODY ROT: “A Native American who helps Glass solemnly tells him ‘You’re dying. You body is rotten,’ Dery recalls. “All those damaged and frostbitten tissues were just dying off. There were some ways he desperately tried to remove those dying tissues in a very well depicted experience of having a lot of bad cold weather exposure. You saw Glass cuddling close to a rotting animal carcass and laying his bare back against it. The carcass had a lot of maggots throughout it, which are known to eat infected and dead – necrotic - tissue. Believe it or not we still use that method in modern medicine. Sometimes we have very bad diabetic foot ulcers to treat. We try to kill off and remove all the dead tissue and leave the viable tissue by applying specially grown, bacteria free maggots. They will only eat the dead tissue on the legs and leave the viable tissue intact.”
TRUE SURVIVORS: While the endurance of Glass is unlikely, Dery says there are real-life, modern survivalists. “If you really want to see people with survival skills, look at the homeless people outside on the streets,” he points out. “They are cold weather, winter survival experts. They are always looking to add layers of clothing to stay dry. They stuff their shoes, socks and clothes with plastic bags or anything they can find to try to protect their core body.”
Advice? “Keep dry material close to you so you can light a fire when you need to. Try to find Willow tree bark with natural oils and tannins which will light even if it is wet.”
'>In the Oscar-nominated film “The Revenant,” Leonardo DiCaprio, also nominated for a Best Actor Oscar, plays Hugh Glass, a fur trader left for dead after a bear attack, who embarks on an ongoing, crawling battle over hundreds of miles and through six weeks of dark, cold nights, for survival…and revenge, in the early 19th-century wilderness of South Dakota. The film was shot in starkly beautiful, but dangerously frigid locations across British Columbia, Alberta and other remotely inhospitable areas.
US actor Leonardo Di Caprio listens during a press conference in Mexico City, on January 26, 2016 to promote his new movie 'The Revenant'. (Photo Credit RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)
Filming in the frosty forests and on the tundra was rough enough, but the character of Hugh Glass endures being shot at by both the French and Indians; being half buried; sleet and snow; a broken ankle; punctured organs, gaping wounds and slashed skin from the claws of a vicious bear; malnutrition; heartbreak; riding a horse off an escarpment; and falling into icy, raging rapids.
The film was inspired by true events, but 'The Revenant'…is ridiculous. Jodha akbar movie songs downloadming.
Icy rapids and conditions were some of the elements Leonardo DiCaprio battles in 'The Revenant' (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
Dr. John Dery is an emergency room physician at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan. “My wife and I saw the movie and in was an incredible story. You have to love Hollywood for telling a good story,” he says about the lengthy, but preposterous film. Here are the reasons Glass should have been in a wooden box:
COLD SPLASH: “Jumping into frigid water instantaneously causes all of your blood vessels to squeeze in vassal constriction and it can cause a shock to your system by shunting blood flow away from your periphery. Someone who has high blood pressure or cardiac risk factors would be in danger of cold-induced stress.”
WEEKS OF DAMP SHIVERING: “The worst case scenario is being cold and wet. Once you get wet it is very hard to get dry in those harsh conditions…and once you get cold it is very hard to get warm,” says Dery. “The survival instincts of the Native Americans in the story helped. They grabbed dry sticks and brush and packing them into their clothes to try to create some dry space between the skin and the clothing. They didn’t have all the nice Gore-Tex and North Face clothing we have now, but the idea was to increase the amount of warm air surrounding their bodies at all times.”
HIS SURVIVAL RATE WAS REDUCED EVEN FURTHER BY THE ELEMENTS: “The amount of trauma that was taking place at the same time he was battling the elements was overwhelming,” Dery insists. “It’s a well-known fact in the military that you have a greater than 85-percent chance of dying if you have a concurrent trauma as because it prevents your body from healing and stops it from responding the way its’ supposed to.”
FATAL FROST: “The frostbitten tissue is actually frozen and dead – there are ice crystals growing inside of it. We often say that you freeze in January and we amputate in July because it takes several months to find out where the line of the good tissue or bad tissue is. It takes a long time to declare itself,” Dery explains. “Anyone who has ever waited outside for a school bus has felt that freezing in the tips of your fingers and ears. Then when you got inside to warm up you felt a burning sensation for about 15 minutes. That’s a little frost nip: it’s the start of frostbite. The exposed areas are the highest at risk: your face, neck and fingers, which we tend to not cover up, and were uncovered through much of the movie.”
HYPOTHERMIA: “We try to avoid hypothermia as much as possible in our traumatically injured patients. We try to keep them as warm as we can to keep the blood flowing to all of their tissues,” says Dery. “But sometimes we will actually try to use hypothermia to our advantage medically. We recently treated a woman who had a cardiac arrest. We were able to get her blood pressure back and started to wake her up a little bit, but then we actually kept her unconscious and intentionally made her hypothermic. It slows down your body’s reaction, slows down the chemistry, the heartbeat, the cerebral blood flow, and we used that to a clinical advantage in a controlled situation because it puts you that much closer to being in a comatose state. It’s almost a standard of care for someone who’s had a cardiac arrest.”
BODY ROT: “A Native American who helps Glass solemnly tells him ‘You’re dying. You body is rotten,’ Dery recalls. “All those damaged and frostbitten tissues were just dying off. There were some ways he desperately tried to remove those dying tissues in a very well depicted experience of having a lot of bad cold weather exposure. You saw Glass cuddling close to a rotting animal carcass and laying his bare back against it. The carcass had a lot of maggots throughout it, which are known to eat infected and dead – necrotic - tissue. Believe it or not we still use that method in modern medicine. Sometimes we have very bad diabetic foot ulcers to treat. We try to kill off and remove all the dead tissue and leave the viable tissue by applying specially grown, bacteria free maggots. They will only eat the dead tissue on the legs and leave the viable tissue intact.”
TRUE SURVIVORS: While the endurance of Glass is unlikely, Dery says there are real-life, modern survivalists. “If you really want to see people with survival skills, look at the homeless people outside on the streets,” he points out. “They are cold weather, winter survival experts. They are always looking to add layers of clothing to stay dry. They stuff their shoes, socks and clothes with plastic bags or anything they can find to try to protect their core body.”
Advice? “Keep dry material close to you so you can light a fire when you need to. Try to find Willow tree bark with natural oils and tannins which will light even if it is wet.”
The Revenant | |
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Directed by | Kerry Prior |
Produced by | Kerry Prior Jacques Thelemaque Liam Finn |
Written by | Kerry Prior |
Starring | David Anders Chris Wylde Louise Griffiths Jacy King |
Cinematography | Peter Hawkins |
Edited by | Kerry Prior |
Putrefactory Limited | |
Distributed by | Lightning Entertainment |
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117 minutes | |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Revenant is a 2009 dark comedy/horror film written and directed by Kerry Prior and starring David Anders and Chris Wylde. The film was shot in Los Angeles, California.
Plot[edit]
The film focuses on Second Lieutenant Bart Gregory (David Anders) who has been killed under mysterious circumstances in Iraq.[1] After his friends and girlfriend Janet (Louise Griffiths) attend his funeral, Bart awakens in his grave.[2] Enlisting the help of his best friend, Joey Leubner (Chris Wylde), Bart begins to understand and learn how to deal with his new undead state; mainly, the fact that Bart needs blood to hold back decomposition and that he returns to a state of in-animation during daylight hours. Joey does research online to find out what Bart is and seems to be stuck between a Zombie and Vampire, finally stating that Bart is a Revenant.
While buying beer from a small store in Koreatown, Bart and Joey become vigilantes when Bart both kills and feeds off of a gangster who is holding up the store. They enjoy the media coverage of the incident, and Joey asks Bart to bestow him with the 'dark gift'. Bart refuses to do so and laughs the idea off. However, after a subsequent attempt at vigilantism goes wrong and Joey is fatally wounded, Bart is forced to drink Joey's blood in order to save him.
The two continue their vigilante killing spree for a while, until Mathilda (Jacy King), a friend of Janet who dislikes both Bart and Joey, follows them and threatens to reveal their activities to the world, especially Janet. Joey shoots Mathilda through the chest, but before she dies, she is able to send the information to Janet.
Fearing they will be caught, Joey tells Bart to meet him back at the apartment with a packed bag in half an hour, then drives away mysteriously. Bart meets a teary Janet at the apartment, who forces him to explain the fact that he requires blood to stay stable. She then begs him to feed off of her instead, so that he will no longer need to kill. Bart loses control and drains her until she dies.
Joey returns to the apartment with a 'pimped out' hearse for the two to use, and suggests that they go to Las Vegas to continue their reign. However, after Bart shows him Janet's corpse, the two begin to fight, and proceed to shoot each other repeatedly, although this is insufficient to kill either of them. Joey storms out and states that he will continue on to Vegas alone. Bart decapitates Janet in order to ensure her death, then drops her remains over the bridge where he and Joey usually disposed of their corpses. Bart is captured by SWAT teams and taken to jail, where, come dawn, he collapses in his cell. Upon nightfall, Bart reawakens in the morgue and escapes, returning to the apartment. Inside is a package containing Joey's severed head.
Since he was decapitated at night, Joey is still 'alive', and Bart uses a vibrating dildo to enable Joey's head to talk. Joey warns Bart that a gangbanger who was their first kill is after him for revenge, and then requests that Bart kill him for good. Bart crushes Joey's head underneath a bulldozer, and then tries to find a way to kill himself.
Against normal convention, a bullet through the brain does not have the desired effect, and neither does hanging himself with Christmas lights. He even throws himself in front of the subway train, but only succeeds in severing his arm. Bart then boards a train, where he finds and reads a letter that Janet left in his uniform's pocket at his funeral. He breaks down and attacks the only other passenger. He is caught and flees into the station where more SWAT teams attempt to catch him.
He finally escapes to a hilltop and at dawn collapses once more, while he is being surrounded by men in hazmat suits.
The film then cuts to a tour of sorts, where various military personnel are being shown revenants in glass containers, including Bart. A General asks Bart if he was a soldier, and then states that this fact may give him an advantage.
Bart is then shown in a large canister being airdropped into Khūzestān Province, Iran, along with the other revenants, where the canister opens upon landing, releasing him on the country.
Cast[edit]
- David Anders as Barthenoy (Bart) Gregory: Having come back from death as a revenant, Bart must deal with his new condition, a potential for a second chance on life, and trying to come to terms with the girlfriend that he had left behind.
- Chris Wylde as Joey Leubner: As Bart's best friend, Joey acts as a partner and sidekick to Bart, providing him background of Bart's deteriorating condition, and encouraging him to act on his darker impulses in order to survive.
- Louise Griffiths as Janet: Bart's love interest who is devastated after Bart's unexpected death.
- Jacy King as Mathilda (Matty): A Wiccan nurse who is close friend to Janet, Matty acts as the voice of reason.
- Emiliano Torres - Miguel
- Senyo Amoaku – liquor store robber
- Cathy Shim – Sophia Chang
- David Ury – ATM robber
- Wally White – The Minister
- Zana Zefi – Ms. Rahmanov
- Clint Jung - Marty
Development[edit]
The Revenant was written, directed, and produced by Kerry Prior, who also supervised the visual effects on the film. Liam Finn and Jacques Thelemaque were co-producers. The film was edited by Kerry Prior, though the opening credits state 'image juxtaposition designer Walter Montague Urch'.
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'Walter Montague Urch' could be a reference to Walter Map and Montague Summers, who have written about revenants and men who have returned from the dead.
Filming[edit]
Filming for The Revenant began in April 2008 in Los Angeles, California. The film is presented in 4K digital cinema with an aspect ratio of 2.35:1 spherical.
Reception[edit]
The Revenant has received positive feedback from several film reviewers and the horror film community. A post-screening review from DreadCentral.com declared it is 'sure to become a cult classic.'[3]
The film won the Audience Award for 'Best Narrative Feature' at the 2009 CineVegas Film Festival, in Las Vegas. Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News wrote an early review, calling it 'a great little genre film that gets exactly as nuts as one would hope a violent buddy flick can get with the undead.'[4]
Chris Alexander of Fangoria stated: 'Forget Shaun of the Dead; this is the best dark fantasy/comedy I’ve seen since classic stuff I hold so dear to my heart, masterworks like Return of the Living Dead, Re-Animator, RoboCop and Fright Night.'[5]
Aaron Morgan from Fantastic Fest commented that 'Overall this movie is a real gem and deserves a wide release here in the states to shake us out of this remake/retread horror trend.'
Toronto After Dark listed The Revenant as one of the '10 Movies To See Before You Die'[citation needed].
Awards[edit]
Since its debut on the film festival circuit, The Revenant has won the following awards:
- Xanadu Sci Fi and Horror Convention 2009: 'Best Feature Film'
- Zompire, The Undead Film Festival 2009: 'Best Feature,' 'Best Director' Kerry
Prior; 'Audience Award'
- CineVegas 2009: 'Audience Award, Best Narrative Feature'
- Toronto After Dark Film Festival 2009: 'Feature Film, Silver'
- Fantastic Fest 2009: 'Best Director,' Kerry Prior; 'Audience Award (4th Place)'
- ScreamFest, Los Angeles 2009: 'Best Make Up,' 'Best Special FX'
- Vampire Film Festival, New Orleans 2009: 'Outstanding Vampire Film' (1st Place)
- Falstaff International Film Festival 2009: 'Best of the Festival Award'
- New York City Horror Film Festival 2009: 'Best Picture,' Kerry Prior; 'Best Director,' 'Best Actor' (Tie: Chris Wylde, and David Anders), 'Audience Choice'[6]
- Omaha Film Festival 2010: 'Best Off the Edge Film'
- A Night of Horror International Film Festival 2010: 'Best Film', Best Director' (Kerry Prior)
- Celluloid Screams: Sheffield Horror Film Festival 2010 'Audience Award: Best Feature Film'
The film was also an 'Official Selection' of the following film festivals:
- Sitges 42nd International Film Festival 2009: Official Selection (10/09)
- Chicago International Film Festival 2009: Official Selection (10/09)
- Grimm Up North- UK 2009: Official Selection: (10/09)
- Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2009: Official Selection (11/09)
- Leeds International Film Festival- UK 2009: Official Selection (11/09)
- Starz Denver International Film Festival 2009: Official Selection (11/09)
- Stockholm International Film Festival 2009: Official Selection (11/09)
References[edit]
- ^'A Trailer for The Revenant Finds Its Way Online'. Dread Central.
- ^'Trailer for Widely Praised 'The Revenant' - Bloody Disgusting!'. Bloody Disgusting!.
- ^Erik W. Van Der Wolf (May 23, 2009). 'Movie Review: The Revenant'. Dread Central. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^Harry Knowles (June 14, 2009). 'Harry was blown away by the bloody great film, THE REVENANT in CineVegas!!!'. Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- ^Alexander, Chris (May 16, 2010). ''THE REVENANT' (Film Review)'. Fangoria.
- ^'Past Festivals - Page 2 of 12 - NYC Horror Film Festival'. NYC Horror Film Festival.
External links[edit]
- The Revenant on IMDb
- The Revenant at Rotten Tomatoes