I am nothing if not cutting edge here at Word Garden. I mean, give a girl some credit. I'm watching "talkies" now and everything!
Northfork concerns, at its simplest level, a fictional town of the same name, in Montana. It is 1955, and a new dam has been built. Soon, little Northfork will find itself underwater and gone.
There is the preacher, played excellently by Nick Nolte.
There is the couple, some guy and Claire Forlani (sighhhhhhhhhhh), who have brought back their adopted son, who is ill, to the preacher. The boy, when he is awake, claims he is an angel who was shot by hunters, and his halo and wings removed.
What the movie is really about is death and rebirth. One reason I have posted about it here, is because it reminds me of my own story poems. If one of my poems were a movie, it would be this movie.
See you at the movies! ;-)
Fireblossom
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I'll put it in my Netflix queue - I haven't heard of this film, but it sounds intriguing. It makes me think of two lakes in Georgia that were created to flood over communities (presumably evacuated) so that way underneath, there are still houses and old businesses. Creepy.
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I started reading this I thought exactly what you are saying - if your poetry was put on film, this would be exactly the style.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to check it out - the surreal quality and quirkiness appeals to me.
Sounds like the kind of off-beat film I'd like to see. (Great cast!) I'll check it out.
ReplyDeleteIs there nudity and violence? I'm not watching if there's no nudity and violence.
ReplyDeleteI always enjoys a new ditty and violins... wait, what?
ReplyDeletelove to watch film with you!
ReplyDeleteAloha from Honolulu :)
Comfort Spiral
Wow. This movie sounds like a movie JC and I would really like. It's a bit odd, kind of scifi and with lots of imagination.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to add it to my Netflix list. Netflix will be wondering what happened when everyone starts requesting Northfork!
How long have you had "Spark Plug" up? I like him...he's cute:~)
Definitely plan to see this'n. It sounds twisted enough to engage I and that obfusticating creature I so enjoy living with.......most moments.
ReplyDeleteSounds surreal.
ReplyDeleteI hope your film reviews are a regular feature.
ReplyDeleteThere is (or, more accurately was) a town in the mountains of NC (near Hendersonville) that was purchased by ... some rich guy a long time ago who then built a dam and created Lake Lure. The water there is quite deep and quite cold, but divers love it because it is also quite clear. And the reports are that some of the buildings of the old town (whose name I forget) are still standing, though drowned years ago, at the bottom of Lake Lure.
ReplyDeleteI can neither confirm nor deny, not being a diver myself.
The guy with the ark must've seen it coming.
nice. will have to put this one on the list...if my poems were a movie it would be this...that says a lot...
ReplyDeleteThank you for the tribute ! I thought that I commented when this was posted because I did read it but apparently not.
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