In this film, a TVA bureaucrat appears on a mission to the river to do a job. This man managed to do something amazing by pushing a stubborn octogenarian out of her island before being swallowed up by the high water on this trip.
In studying a slice of national socio-economic progress in terms of people, it catches something timeless and essential in the human spirit and shapes it in the American image.
Kazan's films are better known for showcasing stratospheric Method-emoting over visual expressiveness, which makes Wild River's gorgeous imagery a shock...
