![]() That haunting shot of synchronized ploughs on a snow-swept highway, accompanied by Carter Burwell’s plaintive Medieval-flavored track, is something powerful, especially to those familiar with the sight. ![]() I’ve considered several genres (no fear, Nanook fans - silent film, documentary and Inuit culture all appear below in some form) but, as with any film list, apologies must be made for omitting many more films than could possibly be included (I’ve also omitted snow movies I’ve written about elsewhere, such as the masterpiece Atanarjuat, which would otherwise have been a shoo-in).įargo (1996), directed by Joel and Ethan Coen The opening sequence of Fargo still makes me goosepimple after multiple viewing, and not because of the onscreen weather. ![]() Here are ten movies that each uses ice, snow and cold in a specific way together, they collectively demonstrate the range one symbol can have. ![]() In others, a snowy climate is central to the story or sometimes even a character in its own right. In some films, snow is incidental - a pretty backdrop or a minor metaphor (like the snowfall that blankets the Bride’s duel with O-Ren Ishii in Kill Bill Vol. Flaherty gave us Nanook of the North, one of my favourite silent films and an early example of a snow movie - that is, a movie that wouldn’t be what it is without its wintry landscape.
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