Mr. Redford has found his own visually eloquent way to turn the potboiler into a panorama, with a deep - seated love for the Montana landscape against which
his rapturously beautiful film unfolds.
Not exact matches
While its style deserves to be called stunningly original and
rapturously beautiful, the
film is boldest in its artistic and philosophical implications, which pointedly go against many dominant trends of the last half - century.
This is a
rapturously beautiful and important restoration, complemented by a complex soundtrack that delicately and coherently balances the noises of the
film's island setting with the on - screen dialogue with two voiceover narrations with John Barnes's score, which is, itself, an intricate tapestry of the musical heritages of many cultures.