Winter in the Blood
Spencer has lots of potential star power. The truth of his performance provides the emotional core of this well-told drama.
Winter in the Blood
Virgil First Raise (Chaske Spencer, The Twilight Saga) wakes in a ditch on the hardscrabble plains of Montana, hungover and badly beaten. He returns home to his ranch on the reservation, only to find that his wife, Agnes, (Julia Jones, The Twilight Saga) has left him. Worse, she's taken his beloved rifle. Virgil sets out to town find her— or perhaps just the gun— beginning a hi-line odyssey of inebriated and possibly imagined intrigues in town with the mysterious 'Airplane Man', (David Morse, The Hurt Locker) a beautiful barmaid, and two dangerous Men in Suits. Are they real? Or spirits guiding him away from his true path? Virgil's quest brings him face-to-face with childhood memories of his beloved, lost brother Mose.
Twin directors Alex and Andrew Smith, in their first movie since The Slaughter Rule, (which introduced the world to Ryan Gosling and Amy Adams) have made a hauntingly beautiful film that is true to the lyrical and unflinching spirit of James Welch’s classic 1974 novel of Native American life. The film was shot in the badlands of Montana and is accompanied by an unforgettable score from the acclaimed Austin band, Heartless Bastards and features brand new songs by Robert Plant, Cass McCombs, Cowboy and Indian and Black Prairie, among other musical artists.
Twin directors Alex and Andrew Smith, in their first movie since The Slaughter Rule, (which introduced the world to Ryan Gosling and Amy Adams) have made a hauntingly beautiful film that is true to the lyrical and unflinching spirit of James Welch’s classic 1974 novel of Native American life. The film was shot in the badlands of Montana and is accompanied by an unforgettable score from the acclaimed Austin band, Heartless Bastards and features brand new songs by Robert Plant, Cass McCombs, Cowboy and Indian and Black Prairie, among other musical artists.
Genre
Drama
Runtime
105
Language
English
Director
Alex Smith
Cast
Chaske Spencer,
David Morse,
Julia Jones,
Dana Wheeler-Nicholson,
Richard Ray Whitman
FEATURED REVIEW
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
The opening shots of Alex and Andrew Smith’s “Winter in the Blood” are a pretty credible impression of a Clint Eastwood western. Cinematographer Paula Huidobro’s wide-angle, handsome images of a stark and grassy ranch stretch as far as the eye can see. You can feel winter’s bite surrounding a sturdy ...
Played at
Lumiere Music Hall 10.31.14 - 11.06.14
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