Dances With Wolves [1991] [DVD]

Absolutely lovely. I am a Kevin Costner fan, have been since i first saw this film years ago.

Present for my husband to watch again for the hundredth time

With the possible exception of Little Big Man, this film brings to life the uniqueness of an indian culture - the Sioux - with a sensitivity and intelligence that is without equal. Not only that, but the film aged extremely well and did not in the slightest feel outdated. Given the quirkiness of the Kostner character, who is not by any means some kind of noble hero, and absolutely first-rate acting, and you have a masterpiece.The films starts during the Civil War, when an injured Kostner makes a gesture of despair and hope, to gain access to the officers' surgeon to save his wounded leg. Offered whatever assignment he desires, he chooses the frontier, to witness it before it disappears. So starts a journey in which he joins a Sioux tribe and achieves the status of warrior. It is a success that I have not found in any other cinematic experience - utterly convincing, painfully intimate, full of mistakes, and ultimately sad. It is a spiritual journey to find his true identity and completely believable, even with the ambiguity of the ending. I believe it is Kostner's best work.As he gets to know the tribe, the individual personalities emerge with wonderful clarity, but it is the portrait of the tribe as a whole, the culture, that was by far the most beautiful for me. There is grace, love, camaraderie, the sacred, and brutality all rolled into one. Little Big Man did the same for the Cheyenne, but there was always an element of parody and tall tale to the film that I felt was aimed at children. This film is adult, with realistically awful violence next to the beauty. Indeed, it has inspired me to research Sioux culture more deeply.My only criticisms include how crude the white interlopers appear. It makes you cheer when they are killed, though there is a good captain. Also, when becoming part of the tribe, Kostner supplies them with guns to fight another tribe, which I think is a profound violation of his duty as an army officer. Finally, the bit with the wolf is stretched to the point of the truly maudlin.Warmly recommended. My wife and I had seen this shortly after she moved with me to the US, so it was an introduction to American history for her, a European. Now, we watched it with our kids (in our European home) and they were utterly absorbed by it and full of questions, to the point that they will want to learn more. What more could you want?

Absolutely amazing film and an absolute must for my collection. Can watch it time & time again.

A successful yet quite underrated big film from Kevin Costner. His amazing debut behind the camera reveals an ambitious and clear approach to cinema (Costner, as he's always done as an actor, looks at classic cinema masters, so no wonder his debut is a western) and to an idea of America that has emerged throughout his filmography. Dances with wolves is a tale of rebellion and redemption, almost a way to re-elaborate the myth of America foundation under the critic eye of a pioneer (or a son of the conquest) that realizes that was not the right way to approach the New World. And so he metaphorically dies and resurrect, trying another way: that of the embrace of the unknown. As in the most maverick and unconformed american films, the hero is an outsider and someone who does not join the civilization and the impositions of the community or collectivity, but a guy who wanders alone, neglected and free, and just join who he recognize as his similar, meaning all those who have been banned or decided to escape from the major interests and values of Society. But it's an exile that finds no solution, and I appreciate that even at the end, Costner leaves us with an apparent hope but with no guarantee for the future to come (managing to make a film consistent up to the end with no big concession to Studios and Producers, despite the big budget he spent on this film).Through a compelling, sometimes ironic, mostly spectacular and totally enojable storytelling, Costner tells us all those things, with the essential performance of a fifties actor and the passionate innocence of a genuine director, who does not care about what the critics will think or how many people will watch his creation. But just with urgent need of putting all himself into it and make it memorable

Excellent

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS FILM AND COULD WATCH IT ALL THE TIME WONDERFUL

Love it

One of Costner's better movies. I love the background area for this movie being from that area. The research makes the story feel accurate. The acting is well done, and the story is an epic journey.

merci

Wow que gran pelicula, hace años la vi por primera vez y me gustó, ahora después de tanto tiempo me pareció una joya, casi 4 horas que se te hacen poco.Referente a las características de la Versión en Blu-ray Edición de 25 aniversario, incluye un solo disco con la versión extendida, no incluye la Cinematográfica y solo un par de extras, no incluye tampoco ningun codigo para copia digital. Asi que pese a ser una Edición de Aniversario viene extremadamente sencilla, incluso la caja es de reciclaje, de esas con perforaciones interiores en ambas caras que la hacen muy pero muy endeble y no tiene Slipcover, afortunadamente llegó en buen estado y como siempre antes de tiempo. Imagine que estarían disponibles las 2 versiones en esta presentación, el anuncio trae por ahí hay una dudosa descripción del contenido al momento de hacer la compra y te hace pensar que incluye 2 discos, pero después de leer y releer no hay nada que diga que incluye las dos versiones ni los dos discos. (Equivocación mia). Aún así, la película es Maravillosa que es todo lo que verdaderamente importa, es todo belleza y cuenta con una producción impactante de las de antaño, con cero CGI como las de ahora; La imagen es extraordinaria y el sonido más que decente para una película de estas características. Esta presentación no trae doblaje al Español, únicamente Subtitulos que para mi en lo particular esta bien con el sonido Original. Estoy más que satisfecho con la compra. Lo que si, como uno de mis nuevos tesoros en mi colección, le cambiaré el estuche. Quizás más adelante adquiera la Edición del 20 Aniversario que creo sólo incluye la versión cinematográfica para hacer la comparación de ambas. La Edición Steelbook incluye las 2 versiones es cierto, además de ser mil veces mas bonita, pero la versión extendida en esa presentación tengo entendido no incluye subtitulos en Español.

Un film qui mérite d'être revu même si j'avais eu l'occasion de le voir au cinéma. Magnifique film quimérite les Oscars qui lui ont été décernés.

j'aime beaucoup le ciné