New Netflix Film Deals With 1920s Idaho Logging, Is Brilliant

If you only see one Netflix movie this month, I highly recommend the latest from director Clint Bentley. For Idahoans who appreciate beautiful scenery and engaging content, there's a life-and-death drama streaming right now that's a must-watch.

One of the most hypnotizing movies I've seen in recent years centers on the logging industry in the Pacific Northwest during the 1920s and 1930s. I watched it on Monday evening, and it was the first thing that came to mind when my alarm went off at 3:45 A.M. on Tuesday for work.

Idaho is mentioned numerous times in the film, which was shot just over the border into eastern Washington. Train Dreams is a fantastic movie.

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Terrific New Netflix Movie Is About Logging In The Pacific Northwest In The 1920s

Not to give too much away, but Train Dreams is about a 1920s logger working in Idaho and Washington who gets separated from his wife and child following a forest fire. The plot centers heavily around the Idaho community of Bonner's Ferry, but the movie was filmed exclusively over the border in Washington.

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The cinematography, as you would imagine, is magnificent, and is just one reason to invest the hour and 40 minutes into watching it. A movie hasn't moved me this much in quite some time.

The movie will tap into emotions that perhaps you didn't know you were capable of having. It's a brilliant film about nature's harshness, family, the struggle to survive in unforgiving surroundings, and coping with emotional distress.