…nces with Wolves was hardly the first film to utilise this narrative, even within the western, with A Man Called Horse (1970) predating it by twenty years. But Dances with Wolves, directed by Costner, adapting the novel by Michael Blake, struck a deep cho…nces with Wolves was hardly the first film to utilise this narrative, even within the western, with A Man Called Horse (1970) predating it by twenty years. But Dances with Wolves, directed by Costner, adapting the novel by Michael Blake, struck a deep cho…