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The Beastmaster (1982)
★ 6.3 · 450 ratings on TMDB
Born with the courage of an eagle, the strength of a black tiger, and the power of a god.
Dar, the son of a king, is hunted by a priest after his birth and grows up in another family. When he becomes a grown man, his new father is murdered by savages and he discovers that he has the ability to communicate with animals, which leads him on a quest for revenge against his father's killers.
DirectorDon Coscarelli
The emergence reading
The Beastmaster keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing heroism, revenge, magic, culture, power.
zero-distanceUSheroismrevengemagicculturepower
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Conan the Barbarian (2011)E8/E9 · culture, magic
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)E8/E9/E10 · magic, power
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)E8/E9/E10 · culture, heroism
Iron Mask (2019)E8/E9/E10 · culture, magic
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015)E8/E9/E10 · heroism, magic
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)E8/E10 · magic, powerSame subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
