White Hunter, Black Heart

White Hunter, Black Heart

1990 · 112 min · EN · PG · 6.4 (326 votes)
Dir. Clint Eastwood · Starring Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza, Alun Armstrong, Mel Martin, Clive Mantle · Music Lennie Niehaus

“An adventure in obsession...”

AdventureDrama

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing one specific elephant.

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A sprawling, atmospheric descent into a man's consuming obsessions. It feels like watching a grand, yet deeply troubled, artistic ambition collide with primal urges in the vast African wilderness. A slow, disquieting, and ultimately tragic character study.

broodingobsessivedisquietingmelancholicslow-burnepic scopecharacter studyperiod piececinematicobsessionmasculinitycolonialismart vs. life
london, englandbased on novel or bookelephantafricamovie businesssafaribased on true storyhunting1950sbig game hunterfilm director
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