A River Runs Through It
- measured
- gentle
- tender
Neutral, measured, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
How every film is hand-scored →The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part company when Norman moves east to attend college, leaving his rebellious brother to find trouble back home. When Norman finally returns, the siblings resume their fishing outings, and assess where they've been and where they're going.
Our read · A River Runs Through It (1992) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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The shape of A River Runs Through It
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