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* ''[[Dead Snow]]'': is made of this trope, even if it's used for horror and comedy instead of explicit beauty. |
* ''[[Dead Snow]]'': is made of this trope, even if it's used for horror and comedy instead of explicit beauty. |
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* In Kunio Watanabe's 1958 version of ''[[The 47 Ronin]]'', the whole film builds to the epic battle in a snow-covered courtyard. |
* In Kunio Watanabe's 1958 version of ''[[The 47 Ronin]]'', the whole film builds to the epic battle in a snow-covered courtyard. |
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* ''[[Let the Right One In]]'' is full of this. Considering it takes place in [[ |
* ''[[Let the Right One In]]'' is full of this. Considering it takes place in [[Sweden]]... |
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* An interesting subversion in [[It's a Wonderful Life]]. The snow ''stops'' after George wishes that he'd never been born and only starts up again after he decides that he wants to live again. |
* An interesting subversion in [[It's a Wonderful Life]]. The snow ''stops'' after George wishes that he'd never been born and only starts up again after he decides that he wants to live again. |
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* ''[[Vertical Limit]]'' takes this literally. The characters are climbing one of them most dangerous mountains in the world, and quite a few of them die, either in an avalanche or on the mission sent to rescue the first team. One of the points stressed by the movie is just how dangerous a thing climbing like that is. |
* ''[[Vertical Limit]]'' takes this literally. The characters are climbing one of them most dangerous mountains in the world, and quite a few of them die, either in an avalanche or on the mission sent to rescue the first team. One of the points stressed by the movie is just how dangerous a thing climbing like that is. |