The Burbach Tells You to Shut Up!

DANCES WITH WOLVES **** 1990, dir. Kevin Costner, Blu-ray Still works beautifully. No other film depicts the open country so beautifully and convincingly. The extended cut is what the movie was always meant to be — the story is cohesive and develops at a consistent pace. The only scene that begs — screams — to be cut is Dunbar’s fire dance, with that ridiculous, non-Barry, Narada-worthy music behind it. Otherwise, this is an exquisitely made film that compares favorably to just about every Western ever made. Costner’s direction is fluid, careful, and sensitive.

DANCES WITH WOLVES

****

1990, dir. Kevin Costner, Blu-ray

Still works beautifully. No other film depicts the open country so beautifully and convincingly. The extended cut is what the movie was always meant to be — the story is cohesive and develops at a consistent pace. The only scene that begs — screams — to be cut is Dunbar’s fire dance, with that ridiculous, non-Barry, Narada-worthy music behind it. Otherwise, this is an exquisitely made film that compares favorably to just about every Western ever made. Costner’s direction is fluid, careful, and sensitive.