"A movie you should see..." revisited

[flintstriker]

Since I am new to the forum I've been doin' a lot of pokin' around and I came across an old topic about the Oliver Reed movie "The Trap". I found it on youTube and just finished watching the whole thing. I thought it was pretty good - really enjoyed the 'spirit' of the thing. Well, when the movie finished several more popped up in the window and one of them was titled "The Last Trapper". It is the story of a 50 year old trapper named Norman Winter and he plays himself in it. It's not really a movie, but more of a documentary narrated by Winter. It is real and totally mesmerizing if you love the outdoors.

I'll paste a quote from the website to give you a flavor of what it is about.

"He's a 50-year-old trapper named Norman Winter, and he lives with a Nahanni woman, Nebaska. Norman has always been a trapper, with no need of the things that civilisation has to offer. He and his dogs live simply on what they produce from hunting and fishing. Norman made his sledge, snowshoes, cabin and canoe with wood and leather that he took from the forest and that Nebaska tanned, in the traditional style, just like the Sekani did in early times, using the tannin in animal brains, then by smoking the skin. To move around, Norman uses his dogs. They're quiet, and with them he's ready for action at the slightest sign of life, but all the while attentive to the majestic grandeur of the territories he passes through. That's why Norman Winter is a trapper. The Great North is inside him and Nebaska carries it within her, in her blood, for the taiga is the mother of its people.."

Sorry for the long post, but I thought some of you might not have seen it yet and I wanted to let you know about it.

Here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUTkZ63dHiY gotta go, he was lookin' for new trappin' grounds when I paused it. 

[Red Badger]

I'll check it out when I get back to civilization 

[flintstriker]

After watching the whole thing and reading the credits at the end I see that it wasn't quite as much of documentary as I originally thought and some scenes were staged or recreated for the camera. Having said that, the photography is excellent, the scenery...well, if it doesn't make you want to pack up and head for the mountains...your momma shoots an inline!