White Hunter, Black Heart
An adventure in obsession...
AdventureDramalondon, englandbased on novel or bookelephantafricamovie businesssafaribased on true storyhunting1950sbig game hunterfilm director
A character study of obsession and ego set against the African landscape, where a filmmaker's pursuit of a single elephant becomes a meditation on ambition, mortality, and the corruption of artistic vision.
Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing one specific elephant.
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