It’s safe to say now that Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “The Revenant” is a huge hit. The film has hauled in nearly $150 million domestically and racked up 11 Oscar noms (including Best Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, and Cinematography). And while this year two other Best Picture nominees (“The Martian” and “Mad Max: Fury Road”) have raked in bigger box office numbers, “The Revenant” is undoubtedly the toughest watch (and let’s not forget it first opened in limited release, which doesn't often happen for a film with a budget over $130 million), a 151-minute bleak and bruising drama, that's nearly nonstop punishment from start to finish.
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To highlight just how incredible the experience of watching “The Revenant” is, The Petrick’s “The Revenant By Tarkovsky” supercut does exactly what the title...
