Smoke Signal - Film Analysis Report

Title of Film: Smoke Signal Date: 1978
Director of Film: Chris Eyre
Actors: Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Gary Farmer
Type of Film: Comedy, Drama


1. Summary and Analysis
There are two men who are Victor and Thomas. They are linked through Victor’s father. Victor’s father rescued Thomas as an infant from a house fire that killed his parents. Because of these reason, Thomas consider him a here. But Victor felt resentment at father’s alcoholism, domestic violence. Thomas and Victor grow up together as neighbors. When Victor’s father died in phoenix, Arizona, they started to retrieve his ashes and belongings. Through finding his father, Victor felt that he must confront his conflicted feelings toward his father as his identity. Victor also must grapple with information provided to him by his father’s friend about the true origin of the fire that killed Thomas’ parents.