« As a young man trying to find his way in the creative arts, the screen always served as a magic medium for me. Its immense power conveyed an emotion and mood that no other art form could ever provide. The sights and sound of cinema spirited me away to places I could never have imagined.
So it’s with that, that I set out to tell stories that I hoped would move, entertain, and transport. As a filmmaker whose goal was to mine the emotions that make us most human, I’ve always felt an obligation to hold a mirror up to life, to the shared, common experiences that bind us all.
Enter my fourth and latest film, HOSTILES. It has been said that the English have Shakespeare, the French have Moliére, and Americans have the Western. With this film, I wanted to honor the legacy of wonderful films in the Western genre. The legacy of Ford, Hawks, and Leone. But I also wanted to modernize the genre with themes that touch us all today: reconciliation, healing, and inclusion — because it’s no secret that we are a polarized nation and growing more polarized by the day; no secret that we are in desperate need for reconciliation, inclusion, and equality. So through this film, I've tried to better understand our dark and unforgivable past toward our Indigenous peoples, and the experience has taught me that to succeed, to move forward, we must succeed together, listen to one another, and better understand others’ ways of lives. If I’ve done my job, a conversation can be started as to how two opposing forces can come together as one, and move forward in peace, harmony, and unison. Just as bitter rivals do in 1892.
In the end, though, I wanted the film to entertain, to remind us (and me) of the films that inspired me, as that wayward young man, to want to become a filmmaker in the first place. To continue the tradition of the magic of Fellini or the power of Kurosawa, Lean, and Coppola. Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film knows that there are few joys in life that can equal the feeling because the movies speak to our collective conscience in a manner that is ever enduring. Enduring because film is a permanent record. An experience like no other, and an experience that unites us, and changes something fundamental about who we are. Just as I hope you find with HOSTILES. “ - Scott Cooper
Le nouveau film écrit et réalisé par Scott Cooper (Les brasiers de la colère, Strictly Criminal...) renoue avec une tradition profonde du cinéma américain et un genre de prédilection qui a laissé dans la mémoire des spectateurs des souvenirs inoubliables. Le Western a gagné avec de grands réalisateurs comme Sergio Leone,, Sam Peckinpah, Kevin Costner une place privilégiée dans l’histoire du cinéma.
Ce film marque également les retrouvailles entre notre comédien préféré Christian Bale (American psycho (2000), Le règne du feu (2002), The machinist (2004), Bad times (2005), The Dark Knight : Le Chevalier noir (2008), Fighter (2010) et ce réalisateur. On compte aussi au casting Rosamund Pike (Jack Reacher, Gone Girl, HHhH...) et
Et Wes Studi (Le dernier des mohicans, Heat, Le nouveau monde...).
Découvrez les interviews promotionnelles officielles (source US) :
Itw Christian Bale
Itw Scott Cooper
Itw Wes Studi
Itw Rosamund Pick
Synopsis :
En 1892, le capitaine de cavalerie Joseph Blocker, ancien héros de guerre devenu gardien de prison, est contraint d’escorter Yellow Hawk, chef de guerre Cheyenne mourant, sur ses anciennes terres tribales. Peu après avoir pris la route, ils rencontrent Rosalee Quaid. Seule rescapée du massacre de sa famille par les Comanches, la jeune femme traumatisée se joint à eux dans leur périple. Façonnés par la souffrance, la violence et la mort, ils ont en eux d’infinies réserves de colère et de méfiance envers autrui. Sur le périlleux chemin qui va les conduire du Nouveau-Mexique jusqu’au Montana, les anciens ennemis vont devoir faire preuve de solidarité pour survivre à l’environnement et aux tribus comanches qu’ils rencontrent.
Hostiles
Un film écrit et réalisé par Scott Cooper
Produit par Scott Cooper, Ken Kao John Lesher
Sur une histoire de Donald E. Stewart
Avec Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Jesse Plemons, Adam Beach, Rory Cochrane, Ben Foster
Musique de Max Richter
Directeur de la photographie: Masanobu Takayanagi
Production : Waypoint Entertainment Le Grisbi Productions, Bloom Media
Distribué par Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures (USA), Metropolitan FilmExport (France)
Date de sortie: 22 décembre 2017 (Etats-Unis), 14 mars 2018 (France)
Durée: 133 minutes
Photos: Copyright Metropolitan FilmExport