The cross-country travelogue which is the basis of this film was made in the fourties. Sponsored by the Canadian government, it is pitched towards an American understanding, unfolding the blank geography of its northern neighbour as a playground for the leisure class, its untamed wilds held in check by the relentless survey of the Mounties. Rocky Mountain ski runs, Niagara Falls, rivers teeming with gold dust and plains of buffalo reassure an American audience that geography is destiny.
Mike Hoolboom
Director
180° South72%
Dances with Wolves78%
North by Northwest79%
My One and Only65%
Snowball Express68%
Fanboys61%
Sex Drive63%
Alive68%
Bowling for Columbine75%
Black Mirror77%
How the West Was Won69%
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre79%
Propeller One-Way Night Coach64%
Them Thar Hills75%
The Unholy Trinity63%
Butcher's Crossing58%
Head Full of Honey63%
Call of the Wild62%
Knockaround Guys60%
The Mountain Between Us66%
