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Red Dirt
by Fox Lorber
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$9.95 |
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DVD
Genius
Publisher: Fox Lorber
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Actors: Dan Montgomery Jr., Aleksa Palladino, Karen Black, Peg O'Keef, Glenn Shadix
Family secrets, simmering anger, and reporessed sexual desires vividly capture life in the Deep South. Griffith, a morose young man, orphaned as a child, dreams of leaving home but feels tied down by his cousin (who is also his lover) and his invalid aunt. When a mysterious man appears to rent the family cottage, Griffith is tantalized with the possibility of escape and homoerotic fulfillment.
Red Dirt opens with lush images of rain-drenched faces and half-naked bodies lying entwined against the gnarled roots of a tree. Slowly, the movie unwinds the story of Griffith (Dan Montgomery), a young man who feels trapped in a small Southern town by the madness of his invalid aunt (Karen Black). His only comfort is his secret affair with his cousin Emily (Aleksa Palladino), but even that begins to lose its meaning. When a stranger (Walton Goggins) seeks to rent a cottage on Griffith's property, they strike up a friendship that offers Griffith the possibility of escape. At first, Red Dirt threatens to drown in the tortured emotions of a Southern gothic novel, but the excellent performances slowly build a rich, affecting web of hope and passion. Palladino, a young beauty with amazingly thick red hair, is particularly striking. --Bret Fetzer
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| Tag Purvis's First Film - Amazing! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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**Spoiler Alert** Simply put, this film is amazing and thought provoking. Each actor's performance is Academy Award worthy. Karen Black is phenomenal. Writer and director Tag Purvis's film is a poignant and touching story set in rural Mississippi. Each of the characters must come to grips with themselves and the direction their mundane lives have taken. It is a story of forgetting the past, finding yourself and the yearning for something more.
I am uncertain why this film is classified in the gay genre - The M/M romance is a very small portion of the film. If you are looking for a M/M romance, with a happy ending, this film is not it. That being my only complaint with this film (I am such a romantic sap, I wanted Griffith to ride off with Lee or to have Lee move back into the cottage.) This is, by far, one of my favorite movies.
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| Red Dirt |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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This was an awesome movie. The acting was superb!
I will definitely watch this movie many times!
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| Romantically Speaking |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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End-of-Movie Spoiler Alert: See Movie First.
Many viewers lamented that Griffith and Lee
did not get together in the end. They're wrong.
They did, not just at that time. Between the
cemetery and the drive "home," much had to have
been said and promises had to have been made.
Griffith only needed more time. Time to mend and
set right the love of family. Lee was willing to give
it to him. The pain they felt at the end was due
to their parting. You can rest assured, Lee will
be there for him. He'll be back. Love persists.
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| Wasn't my thing |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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The movie was well filmed, directed and acted. I gave it 3 stars for that. I just couldn't get into it though. It was slow, over-dramatic, and not entirely believable.
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| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. You have to be a mind reader to figure out what is happening. Don't waste your time.
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