Word: tahiti
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Europe had been interested in tribal culture-particularly that of the Pacific, epitomized by Tahiti, notional abode of the Noble Savage in a harmonious state of nature-since at least the 18th century...
...come from the well-known novel Mutiny on the Bounty--which has twice been enacted on film already. In both film versions, the tyrannical Captain Bligh provokes a rebellion aboard his ship, led by the romantic Fletcher Christian, s the ship is returning home after spending some months in Tahiti on a mission for King George...
...flesh out the relationship between Bligh and Christian and make it clear that their motivations and personalities are much more complex than the cardboard characters in the originals. The movie also focuses much more than the originals on the details of the Bounty's journey and stay in Tahiti. The cinematography spends an inordinate amount of time presenting panoramic views of the ship at sea, of Tahiti, and of the grueling life of the crew members on board the ship...
...never given a chance to see what motivates his actions. Why, for instance, does his passion for the princess turn into a romance de coeur so strong that he is willing to risk his life and those of the men on board the Bounty to return to Tahiti? All we see are a few semi-nude water love scenes or views of his getting tatooed--nothing substantial enough to explain his deep depression upon leaving Tahiti...
...Bligh into a complex figure, whose binding ambition to sail around the world and fierce love of order somehow is not strong enough to overpower his deep-seated insecurity and desire to be accepted by his men. By showing, with amazing intensity. Blight's torturous, sleepless nights while in Tahiti, Hopkins reveals his character's inner turmoil. Bligh realizes that by allowing his men to frolic with the native women he is losing his control on them, yet if he forces them to stay on board the ship, their anger will take physical form. Hopkins makes Blight's difficult position...