A River Runs Through It (1992)

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by BigA in Misc ramblings from the blog of BigA

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"In the past few years I've acquired a new hobby: fly fishing. In many of my fishing "circles" they refer to "A River Runs Through It" as "The Movie". I didn't fully understand why avid fly fisher people would love and hate this movie all at the same time. I only recently took the time to watch it. Its a wonderful story. it also has beautiful cinematography. I would recommend it to certain friends and many of my family. However, now I understand the history around the movie...Now I understand why people that love fishing rivers would have a bitter sweet reaction to this movie. The river that portions of the story takes place is now a ecologically wasteland a certain form of mining has rendered the water virtually unihabitable. Why do we destroy the things we love? Much like the "progress" of the mine has ruined this beautiful river..and much like the way the character "Paul" self destructs. The movie itself has irreversably changed the sport of fishing the river. After t ... " [More]

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