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Never Cry Wolf
1983 · Film · 105 min
Directed by Carroll Ballard
A scientific researcher, sent on a government study: The Lupus Project, must investigate the possible "menace" of wolves in the north. To do so, he must survive in the wilderness for six months on his own. In the course of these events, he learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the wolf species.
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>> shoot the entire production without leaving California, and it’s hard to criticize them for not using authentic Yukon locations.
Yup. Everything on screen will be fake. No majesty. No detail. No grit. Nothing authentic. No presence. It will look like a marvel movie, a clean and sanitized version of "wilderness". I bet they will even add fake consensation so we know when a the scene is supposed to be "cold". Because the turbulance of a character's breath hitting a biting arctic wind and freezing to thier mask is so easy to model accurately in post.
Want to see a real yukon movie?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Cry_Wolf_(film)
"He also found the process difficult. "During much of the two-year shooting schedule in Canada's Yukon and in Nome, Alaska, I was the only actor present. It was the loneliest film I've ever worked on," Smith said."
THAT is what the real north is like.
There's a scene in the 1983 movie "Never Cry Wolf" about that. Apparently they taste better with ketchup.
I find that I have to put myself in a state of deep dissatisfaction in order to develop the motivation to dive in. If I get interrupted before accomplishing anything then I'll remain in a bad mood. And if I think I am going to be interrupted then I won't even start the first dissatisfaction step because I don't want to be stopped halfway. One workaround for that is to define the work in smaller pieces so that interruptions are less likely, but that also takes work.
I'm reminded of a scene from the movie 'Never Cry Wolf' where the bush pilot, while flying the plane, puts himself into a state of rage before stepping outside to fix the problem.
https://youtu.be/9i90_-HpVz0?t=120