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Films: The Rock and The Last of the Mohicans

All I could think about watching The Last of the Mohicans (after being on set this past fall on my own Western) was how the fuck did they shoot that final sequence? On a side of the cliff?  

See my previous post on The Rock. The Rock is a great film study for the Action genre. What other action film features a scientist as an action hero? The film is also commenting on the very foundations of the genre itself, ie through Connery playing a caricature of Bond. Beyond that, the themes of military radicalization and lack of appreciation from the civilian government remain resonant. And a hugely underrated aspect of the film is the assemblage of acting talent that would make Sam Peckinpah snicker - Cage, Connery, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, David Morse, William Forsythe, John Spencer, Philip Baker Hall, Vanessa Marcil (who's good in the film!), Bokeem Woodbine, Tony Todd...

Maybe I go too far.