What is the creative background and box office performance of the movie Dancing with Wolves?

This is an epic film reflecting the history of the western regions. Through his perspective, the audience can gradually penetrate into the unfamiliar Indian society, culture, customs, daily life and even the inner world of its representatives, and can also see the grassland scenery in western vast expanse. Dunbar's melancholy, arrogant temperament and lonely lifestyle coincide with the values of quietism and the supremacy of personality in Taoist culture, which inadvertently narrowed the distance between different nationalities. The scene of hunting cattle in the film is magnificent.

Dancing with Wolves is the first film directed by kevin scott Werner. The film lasted nearly 4 hours and cost $6.5438+0.8 million. It is a large-scale epic western film, with 3500 bison, 300 horses, more than 654.38+030 technicians and 400 extras. It is also the first film with Indian subtitles in American film history. Kevin Slatner said: "What I want to show is the Indian experience at that time, and it is a history of indigenous people." He insists that the film must have Indian subtitles, and he is confident that this will inevitably arouse people's strong interest, concern and support. Sure enough, he succeeded. At the premiere, he invited many Indians to watch the film. Three hours passed, and the applause in the cinema was thunderous and prolonged.

Dancing with wolves has become an immortal western legend in the history of world movies with its unique perspective and connotation. Dancing with Wolves was a blockbuster at the 63rd Academy Awards, with 12 nominations, and finally won seven awards, namely, best film, best director, best adaptation, best photography, best editing, best sound effect and best music, which attracted worldwide attention. Kevin scott boldly adopted the western film style which has been ignored for more than ten years, and examined the complex themes of culture, history, race and equality from a brand-new perspective. The diversification of films has injected fresh and powerful vitality into western films. He revived a genre and achieved brilliant success. Although the film adopts the legendary narrative story structure, what is different is that the film skillfully combines the realistic style with the romantic color and emotional appeal, which makes the whole film have gorgeous artistic charm. And the film also has a wonderful pen in shooting technology. It perfectly combines the rich historical and cultural atmosphere with the magnificent scenery of the western prairie. Rich photographic angles, clever dynamic rhythm and complex and excellent scene scheduling make the film achieve excellent visual effects. But the real success of the film should also be attributed to its profound theme connotation. With the end of World War II, humanitarianism has been mentioned in a considerable position in literature and art, and historical reflection has made the theme of war and the history of western development two major themes in movies. Dancing with wolves reflects the history and thinking of this western expansion, which is extremely difficult to grasp and express. People are paying more and more attention to the plight of Indians. This film is contrary to previous films, especially western films, which describe Indians as barbarians, and affirms the simplicity, sincerity and kindness of Indians. The film also puts forward the ideal that all ethnic groups should give up their struggle and live in peace, and embodies the freedom and beauty of this ideal with the harmonious coexistence of Dunbar people and Sioux people, playing the melody of friendship, equality and peace. These artistic successes finally made the film a brilliant victory in the Oscar competition.