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Dances with Wolves (1990)

Film
DirectorKevin Costner
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Form & technique
  • The film's visual style, narrative scope, and running time → Generic Revisionism
  • The film's overall narrative of frontier encounter
Tropes
  • John Dunbar's character arc of assimilation
  • The binary opposition between the Lakota and the Pawnee tribes
  • The depiction of the Lakota's harmonious relationship with nature
  • John Dunbar's sensitive and introspective personality → The Fragile Alpha
  • The film's use of the Lakota language and Indigenous actors

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