Minervini had a set built in Montana, then left the cast to live there for two months
Scenario
In the winter of 1862, during the Civil War, the US Army sends a volunteer company to patrol the uncharted western territories. The dialogue and thoughts expressed are those that the actors came up with while living in the wilderness imagining themselves as soldiers in the Civil War..
Don’t worry about subtitles
Nice beards. Nice scenes of Civil War soldiers walking in the snow and loading proper weapons…
You won’t need any substitutes
There’s no more than 10 minutes of dialogue in the entire 80 minutes of the video. nothing of significance is ever said.
Watch the video
the characters only say things like "this is how you shoot this rifle or pistol". If this were a porn movie, you would only see an actor and an actor looking into each other’s eyes for 75 minutes, and then it would be exciting if one actor had to blow their noses.