The title of this film is absolutely perfect. It isn't about the English discovering, "the new world" in America and it is also not about Native Americans discovering "the new world" of Europe. One "world" is not older than the other. They were two separate "worlds" that ran parallel to each other for centuries. The "new" world in question here is the one that forms when these two separate universes suddenly smash into one another. The editing at points is jarring with its jump-cuts, but that is because we are witnessing the collision of two cultures. Like forging something from iron, it is a jarring process, and the filmmakers have used the tools of cinema to reflect that. What is most clear is that there is no going back. Some things are forever lost on each side, but we must continue forward. The old world is gone.
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