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The Bear (1988)

★ 7.1 · 521 ratings on TMDB

He's an orphan... at the start of a journey. A journey to survive.

The Bear poster★ 7.1

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.

DirectorJean-Jacques Annaud
CastAndré Lacombe, Bart the Bear, Bozo the Bear, Douce the Bear, Jack Wallace, Tchéky Karyo
GenresAdventure, Drama, Family
The emergence reading

In The Bear, consciousness is carried by animals — a plane of “bear wilderness”. The story fights on E8/E6 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing survival, nature, conflict, wildlife, family.

↷ animalsFRsurvivalnatureconflictwildlifefamily
Also inFilms about survivalConsciousness hiding in animalsFilms about familyFilms that move consciousness off the human
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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Also hides consciousness here

Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.

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Same subject, different mask

The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

The Name of the Rose (1986)dir. Jean-Jacques AnnaudSeven Years in Tibet (1997)dir. Jean-Jacques AnnaudEnemy at the Gates (2001)dir. Jean-Jacques AnnaudGoldenEye (1995)Tchéky KaryoThe Patriot (2000)Tchéky KaryoBad Boys (1995)Tchéky Karyo