“The Birds could be the most terrifying motion picture I have ever made.”
Alfred Hitchcock
Cedar Falls, Iowa gave me a proper send off this morning as several inches fell on my Durango before I could head south. On Sunday we had an ice storm, on Monday we had a thunderstorm, today we had a snow storm, and if all goes right with my trip I’ll be in sunny 70 degree weather in Central Florida capping the most varied and unusual week of weather I’ve ever had.
It made me think of movies that center around man vs. nature. If you’re ever stuck for a script idea there’s always plenty of primal conflict to explore in nature. Here are a handful of man vs. nature movies that come to mind:
P.S. Notice these are all survival stories with the stakes being life or death.
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Great post. I enjoyed these.