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| My nephew Joe Pitcherella at Yellowstone Park |
My brother and nephew live just outside of Jim Bridger National Forest. It has mountains like the mountains in "The Revenant". But not the snow that it had up until about 1975.
"The Revenant" began filming in Canada. But the snow didn't come. The snow and mountains you see in "The Revenant" are at Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
I'm too old to write for myself. I write for
my children, grandchildren, my family, neighbors, town, all people. Either we
bring massive economic and social changes or we have no future.
The trials of the real life Hugh Glass are
disputed. Some say there were no mountains, it was summer not winter and he
just wanted his rifle back. Everyone
agrees the bear part happened and he dragged himself across the wilderness to
civilization.
The effort, profits,
murder of indigenous people and destruction of habitat was for 19th Century
men's fashion. Beaver fur was in demand to make hats.
Hats that make men appear higher. Above the men that can't afford the luxury of a top hat.
Beaver fur made John Jacob Astor (July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) the first multi-millionaire in the United States.
We continue to exploit and ravage the earth
and indigenous people for oil, gas and coal.
The BEAR is fighting back. We survived the BEAR'S hurricanes, droughts and fires. But the BEAR is just getting started.
Driven by greed, we begin the most perilous & violent times of man on earth. "The Revenant"
You can't eat money" - Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Driven by greed, we begin the most perilous & violent times of man on earth. "The Revenant"
You can't eat money" - Alejandro G. Iñárritu
"In thefirst panel we see revealed an unspoiled ‘Eden’ where ‘Adam and Eve’ dwell.In thesecond we encounter what Bosch called humankind before the flood, which is where Leonardo di Caprio suggests we are now. It is all about enjoying ‘earthly pleasures’.However, itis the last scene that reveals a charred and blackened planet humankind hasruined, which is the one that scares DiCaprio the most.“…can wechange our course in time?” he asks simply."
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“The Garden
of Earthly Delights” Hieronymus Bosch Museo Nacional del Prado in
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