![]() ![]() ![]() They can hack it, they’ve got nothing to begin with anyway. Listen, leave this Smokey Bear stuff for the local jokels. Says Ballantine: “Don’t give me that Thoreauvian bullshit, man. ![]() These two are an unlikely pair, but their exchanges are very funny. Will Gaitlin considers Ballantine a “degenerate old dog.” When he thinks something, what we see are his actions.Īrt Ballantine, who thinks nature is where you throw your beer cans, wants Gaitlin to come back to civilization before he dies. He’s more interested in the deer in the woods, the shadows. He lets us in on scant information from his past, just scraps here and there. His sole responsibility is a big one-spotting smoke or forest fires from a tower-but it requires minimal human contact. Will Gaitlin is a stone cold stoic, a self-critical ex-teacher who has practically gone feral and carved out a life as a recluse in the woods. “Black Sun” is a gem in that outdoors, masculine vein. ![]()
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