Swamp Water : Jean Renoir
The first thing I have noticed in Renoir's first American production in Swamp Water (1941) is its simultaneous presence of the studio shooting ( the background sky when Ben was going to swamp for searching his dog and kissed Mabel), location shooting ( the real swamp area in Georgia) and the build-build-up areas (probably the police station and Juli's shambled house ). After watching Akira's shooting areas, this swamp gives a more American aura than European milieu. It's probably the first film where I have watched the wilderness based narrative . As usual Renoir cinemas held a humanistic and philosophical attention to reality. In Swamp Water it's about establishing the justice thru truth finding and a strong familial bonding to keep close to each other. Swamp Water (1941) Jean Renoir English, USA