Synopsis
Hatari means Fun! Hatari means Adventure! Hatari means Thrills!
A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.
1962 Directed by Howard Hawks
A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.
Howard Hawks s Hatari, ¡Hatari!, Hatari, הטארי, ハタリ!, Állatfogó kommandó, Хатари!, 하타리, 哈泰利
Quentin Tarantino always calls Rio Bravo a "hang out" movie, but there's way more hanging out in this film and barely a narrative motivation to hold onto (yes they have to complete the safari, but everyone seems pretty relaxed about this). In doing so, some scenes are kind of padding for the 2.5+ hour running time (a gag with ostriches, a not particularly offensive but still in bad taste tribal sequence with Dallas). Even if it does feel like a collection of tangential scenes (like Pockets's rocket-monkey catcher), I'm pretty okay with this. The man's professional world is the great equalizer, so it doesn't matter if you're Irish, Mexican, Italian, Germany, French, or American—all that matters is how good you…
such a warm and inviting adventure, it wraps around you like a comfy fresh blanket. a 157 minute howard hawks hang-out safari movie is basically catnip for me at this point. i love this atmosphere, i love these visuals, i love these characters, i love this director. i wish i could live within this film forever, it's a never-ending buffet of the tastiest cinematic pleasures.
a series of impeccable minor scenes strung together with nothing but chill vibes and beautiful landscapes. strangely progressive in how it imagines this utopian cross-cultural space united by intangible codes of (paradoxically gender-neutral) masculinity and professionalism, even if its notions of everyone and everything unfamiliar to the American male are hopelessly exoticizing. surely the warmest and most pleasurable two-and-a-half hours you can spend watching very little happen
Há um ou dois meses escrevi o seguinte:
Apenas dois cineastas que surgiram na geração dos anos 1970 podem ser considerados inequivocamente clássicos, John Milius e Michael Cimino, e apenas a partir das suas obras é possível se falar de um novo classicismo, pela simples razão de que eles, como Hawks, Ford, Walsh, Vidor, DeMille, trabalharam o mito a partir do seu interior, trabalharam o mito de dentro do mito, um pouco como os vaqueiros de Red River e The Tall Men conduziram os rebanhos pelo interior daquela terra que tem a dimensão não dos hectares ou da agrimensura, mas da lenda e da epopeia.
Quando escrevo essas coisas esqueço que estou no Brasil, país dessa espécie conhecida como "cinéfilo…
Cinematic Time Capsule
1962 Marathon - Film #40
”Rhino, elephants, buffalo and a greenhorn”
Welcome to Howard Hawks’ Wild Kingdom!
With John Wayne & friends as a troop African animal collectors who’re kept busy suppling exotic wildlife to the world’s zoos.
This extremely loose narrative with it’s collection of random adventures & humurous vignettes feels more like an old-fashioned lighthearted family sitcom.
And thankfully those highly dangerous rough ’n tumble methods of animal catching are no longer used. However, Hawks did manage to produce some incredible footage by using wild and untrained animals and having the captures performed by the actors themselves without the aid of stuntmen or animal handlers.
In fact, much of the audio had to be re-dubbed due to…
Probably the most delightful vibes ever committed to screen. 150 minutes of alternating scenes of animal hijinks or just plain ol' hanging out, or BOTH. There's so much time to get to know everyone and soak up all the warmth here. Adorable movie.
i grumbled something along the lines of “damn, nothing is gonna happen in this movie” twice, what felt like 2 hours apart. time doesn’t exist in Hatari!, only human interaction, the landscapes, the trucks, and of course, the animals. Hawks’ ultimate hangout movie. lots of good animal humor in here, not gonna think about how many definitely got domed in the making of this film. the rocket that nets a tree full of monkeys is one of the sickest practical stunts of the era.
Howard Hawks' "Hatari!" is a rip-roaring, animal-chasing adventure featuring John Wayne in a refreshingly non-Western role. Shot on location in Tanganyika, the film revolves around a group of women and men who capture African animals for zoos, butt heads with one another, and form a big, colorful family. The film, itself, is big and colorful, and, though it may lack a propulsive narrative, it offers a satisfying experience.
"Hatari!" is built around its group of animal collectors, and, instead of presenting a plot with stakes and thrust, observes its characters as they interact and take part in a series of African adventures. It is unconventional storytelling for those wanting a narrative that moves from point A to point B, but…
The world's greatest nature documentary on that curious species of mammal known as "Whitus Colonialistus". Observe them attempt to capture their prey (which they don't eat) with bizarre rocket-like contraptions aimed towards the sky. Delight at the young female's attempts to wash two baby elephants while under the "supervision" on her potential mate who believes he has more power than he actually does. (Set to the delightfully cute pagan rhythms of a most heathenistic animal known as "Henry Mancini".) Gawk at their unique mating rituals which are a common among their genus Humanus: the seemingly weaker females are master tricksters of the mind, while the stronger males are sex-deprived insipids what should have their libidos examined.
Perhaps the quintessential Hawks. And you know how I feel about auteurs' quintessential flicks. (See my reviews for "The Family Plot" and "The Countess from Hong Kong".)
"He fell off a fence." - "You nearly took a leg off, I got a dislocated shoulder..." - "And he gets the ice." - "Yeah. Come on. I'll buy you a nice warm drink."
I know that from today's perspective, the hunting and capture of animals for zoos may look incorrect. Taken this aspect aside, this is one of my favorite films.
I have just returned from a photo safari to Kenya and Tanzania (Mar 2019) and vowed during the trip that "Hatari!" would be the first film I watch after return. It was great to see so many familiar animals... But I am drifting...
Regarding the film, it lives from the chemistry between the characters. You have the feeling…
Hawks-athon #35/39
Like so many Howard Hawks pictures, Hatari! devotes a lot of energy to its cast of characters: spending time with them, seeing them grow, learning to appreciate their foibles, etc. Observing group patterns has always been a concern of Hawks, and it certainly leads to interesting dynamics throughout his canon. Here, one of the most charming moments comes when two men think they're in a love triangle, realise they're actually in a love *quadrangle*, and console each other on losing the girl's affections.
Hatari! doesn't lack for an overarching plot, but it does lack dramatic stakes. Unlike Rio Bravo, which has a consistent undercurrent of tension to offset its warmth and wit, this movie is all about the…
Howard Hawks schuf diesen Abenteuer-Klassiker 1962. John Wayne ist hier mal nicht in einen Western zu sehen. Unterstützung erhält er von u.a. vom Deutschen Hardy Krüger.
Hatari! kommt ohne richtige Handlung aus. Im Mittelpunkt steht der Alltag einer Großwildstation in Tansania. Sean Mercer (John Wayne) ist der Boss der Mannschaft. In beeindruckenden Aufnahmen sieht man wie sie wildlebende Zebra 🦓, Giraffen 🦒, Nashörner 🦏, Elefanten 🐘 usw. fangen, um sie an Zoos weiter zu verkaufen. Das sieht wirklich stark aus, wenn man mal von ein paar nicht so guten Trickaufnahmen absieht.
Natürlich geht es ohne die Liebe nicht. Die Fotografin Dallas kommt zu einer Fotoreportage auf die Farm und verliebt sich in den Boss 😍.
Diese Romanze dehnt den Abenteuerfilm auf stolze 155 Minuten. Hätte man nicht unbedingt gebraucht, auch wenn dadurch etwas Humor mit eingebaut wurde. Der Film lebt von seinen Tieraufnahmen. Diese Szenen sind ganz klar die Highlights. Für die Kameraführung gab es zu Recht eine Oscarnominierung.