Clearcut
Movie • 1991
ReportWhen a lawyer loses an appeal to stop a logging company from clear-cutting Native American land, Arthur, an Indian militant drags him and the kidnapped logging mill manager into the forest. The lawyer's empty talk about how the company's greed should be punished is put into brutal action by Arthur, who tortures the manager in allegorical ways mimicking what loggers do to the forest.
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Arthur
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It’s about the cycle of violence and about expressing colonial rage. Peter has a “two wrongs don’t make a right attitude,” and Arthur has a “someone needs to pay” attitude, and the movie is centered around the contrast.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Mention of how colonizers cut off the breasts of indigenous women and played with them.
During the scene where the three white people get taped up, the way the woman gets tied up is overtly sexually threatening.
During the scene where the three white people get taped up, the way the woman gets tied up is overtly sexually threatening.
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American Humane declared that no animals were harmed in the making of the film.
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A moose also dies
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a snake has its head bitten off n he also eats a spider. so gross. wish i had checked this site before watching!
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spider is shown at 54:35. gone within a few seconds. up close shot of a spider dangling from its web and then arthur eats it
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A spider and caterpillar are seen
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Is someone restrained?
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A character restrains several others with duct tape
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The way the woman is tied up could be triggering, with Arthur standing close behind her, talking in her ear, and the wrapping the tape slowly around her body.
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At the end, Arthur and Peter fight near water, and Arthur holds Peter’s face under the water. At the very end of the fight, Arthur sinks down into the water and doesn’t re emerge.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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People are gagged with duct tape in the hotel scene
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Does a head get squashed?
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A character hits another in the head with a club. This is after two police officers show up on the island where Arthur took his captives. The camera cuts away before the impact
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A character’s wounds are cauterized
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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A character cuts off his finger
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Is someone choked?
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A car window closes around a man’s neck during the gas station scene
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Are any hands damaged?
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Finger chopped off during sweat smoke scene
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Rickets passes out from pain after his leg is skinned
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A character skins the leg of another character. It’s very gruesome, with close up shots
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Is there amputation?
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In the second sweat lodge scene, Arthur cuts off part of his little finger.
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No, but there are two falls down a rocky dirt hill. Same effect.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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A character skins the leg of another character. It’s very gruesome, with close up shots
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Is there a hanging?
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Risk of hanging
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Arthur, debatably
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Does someone die?
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2 cops and Arthur (maybe). The generational trauma of native Americans being murdered and land being destroyed is a central grief to the film.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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The ceo guy, and peter uses the word kidnapped specifically to describe the situation
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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The film takes place on an island
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Are there ghosts?
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Arthur is implied to be Wisaledjak, a creator god, and possibly the spirit of colonial rage
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Sudden violence scenes, especially when the cops are sniped
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Cops are evil in this and get killed
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At the end, the protagonist is arrested
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Sacred land is destroyed
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Sweat and smoke scene
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Arthur can be viewed as mentally ill by way of his behavior.
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Arthur’s behavior and actions are driven by all the trauma inflicted upon the native people. It’s implied that he’s a vengeful spirit. Not quite ptsd, but behavior as the result of trauma.
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Chainsaw noises
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Sweat and smoke scene
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Peter in the sweat and smoke scene
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Arthur is implied to be supernatural
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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There’s a sweat lodge ceremony that takes place in a small, dark hut, towards the beginning
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Lots of cursing and hate speech
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Is there screaming?
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Raised voices throughout the movie
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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The way Arthur is depicted has caused debates among critics, where some are on guard about it and some feel it’s a good depiction of colonial rage. When he does violent things, it’s with a level of self awareness, where he’s saying “that’s what you’d expect a savage Indian to do, right?”
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Anti-Indian hate speech
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Is religion discussed?
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Animism and sacred nature is a theme in the movie. Meditative chanting is seen throughout, and a ritual to bring out inner emotions and wants is performed. During the sweat and smoke scene, Hickens prays a Christian prayer.
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There is a scene where three people are tied up with duct tape that could be triggering, but it is definitely not bdsm
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Spoilers: Arthur “dies”, Peter is arrested, and the log boss guy gets to live and return to his life. Sad, but the positive is that Peter experiences transformation and gets the point that Arthur was there to teach him.
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At a gas station, a character intentionally crashes his car into a parked car
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Does someone drown?
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Maybe. Arthur disappears under the surface of the water, but he has been implied to be a sacred archetype just visiting to teach Peter a lesson
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