00:00At the end of the 80s, the western was a dying genre.
00:03The golden age of Hollywood is over, the new Hollywood has proven itself,
00:06and American cinema is emerging from a decade of overdose of glitter and explosions.
00:10No studio will hear about cowboys anymore,
00:12knowing that the last person to have taken the risk was Michael Cimino in 1980 with Heaven's Gate,
00:18which will generate $3 million in revenue for a budget of $44 million.
00:22One of the biggest flops in the history of American cinema, it almost brought down the legendary United Artists.
00:27But at that time, a certain Kevin Costner,
00:30who had become famous a few years earlier thanks to his role as Elliott Ness in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables,
00:36will not view this boycott favorably.
00:38And his desire for a western will come true when he learns of the story that his friend Michael Blake has written,
00:44and which tells how a Civil War officer becomes friends with a tribe of Indians to the point of becoming one of them.
00:50The release is a stressful step for the director and his entire team.
00:54Especially for a film whose reputation has been damaged by Hollywood.
00:57But the Americans and the rest of the world will be there,
01:01and will make Dances with Wolves a huge commercial success with an estimated revenue of more than 420 million dollars worldwide,
01:08and more than 7 million admissions in France.
01:10Dances with Wolves is not the first film to pay homage to the Indian people,
01:14but he is undoubtedly the one who does it with the greatest heart.
01:16He exudes a deep humanity,
01:19advocates simple but fundamental values such as tolerance,
01:23acceptance, curiosity, love, or even respect for the environment.
01:28It is a grandiose epic which highlights sublime natural settings,
01:32which pays homage to a people who disappeared unjustly,
01:35and which develops an ultra-endearing character in search of his own interior,
01:39that he will find through his relationship with nature and his ability to accept others.
01:43This video is my love letter to the work that shaped my greatest passion,
01:48and I will make sure to be his standard-bearer as long as I can,
01:52because Dances with Wolves is a masterpiece that deserves to be seen.
02:00I've always loved the magic that surrounds film production,
02:06and when films are at their best,
02:09they become moments of our own life,
02:13moments we will never forget,
02:15a simple reply, a simple look,
02:19an imperceptible gesture of the hand,
02:22a kiss.
02:25These moments etched in memory become classics.
02:28When films touch us like this,
02:32we understand why we go back there.
02:35Subtitling Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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