i have see all the film direct by robert redford and appreciate his love of the american people and the land . in a river run through it and redford display the lyric romanticism and visual splendor of the high rocky mountain of montana a if he be a 19th century landscape painter of the ilk of thomas moran or albert bierstadt . this film make love to the visual and the word with text by author norman maclean and and stun camera work by phillippe rousselot ( serpent kiss and reigne margot ) . redford cast be perfect . tom skerritt be the rev . maclean and a man whose method of education include fly fishing as well a the bible and brenda blythen and the mother and and his son and craig schaffer and brad pitt create a family whose interaction reflect the same problem all encounter with grow teenage son and and later and complex young men . both schaffer and pitt be totally believable a the brother whose love of fly fishing and each other will tie them together forever . it be the relationship between men and father and son and brother and and their woman to the outside world that ground a river run through it to a vein of storytelling that be miss in so many of hollywood film produce in recent year . what make these relationship special however and be the attention redford give to the language a speak in dialogue . this be a literate script and beautiful to hear and unforgettable when couple with the stunning montana river and mountain . the word and set be equal to performance by a cast that rise to their material . while the idea of fly fishing may seem an odd device to center a story and it be not so implausible in redford directorial hand . give the material and redford ode to a simpler time and life be worth revisit again and again .