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Summary: Alot of negative reviews of this film here.
Review: I think some people are overdoing their reviews of this film. It wasn't that bad. I found that most of the writers of bad reviews of this film found themselves confused with it. I didn't seem to have that problem. Don't blame the producers/director if you fail to understand the film. I found it to be very unique. It's not a masterpeice but I wouldn't classify it as trash eithor. Some very wonderfully shot scenes in this film. There are also some touching moments. Maybe if they actually had a budget for this film they could have put in some CGI or missle launching robots to please the ignorant. Considering the fact that they didn't have squat to make this movie I think they did a great job. I also praise the actors in this film for investing their time (pretty much without pay) to a film that was bound to not succeed. It showed that they themselves were fond of the story and were willing to make sacrifices in order to be apart of it. With some real money behind it I think this film would have been a great success.
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Summary: A Minor Miracle of a Film: Magical Realism Comes to Montana
Review: Northfork
NORTHFORK. Just the name of this jewel of a film provokes some of the more interesting responses from those who take the time to review and share their thoughts and responses on Amazon.com's invaluable forum. That the movie ignites such polar feelings sort of says it all: this movie is one of the great ones.Mark and Michael Polish have found their own language in writing this fable: they have obviously observed in the dark theaters the works of Fellini, Resnais, Tim Burton, the Coen Brothers, Dali, Buneul, Kurosawa, et al. Their writing ideas are fresh, universal in validity, quirky in the right sense, and devastatingly beautiful. Michael Polish directs this venture and his brother Mark assumes on of the acting roles. It all works.Northfork is either an actual Montana town destined to be leveled for the 'progress' of building a dam (a lovely bit of statement about the environment and her enemies...), or it could be just the final pages of life as we all will live it - the closing chapter that explains it all, a parable. And there are many more arenas of interpretation here - part of the joy of art. Evacuating the town are the men in black (James Woods, Mark Polish, Peter Coyote, and others) and they face obstructionists to the flow of progress - a fact that the men in black happen to agree with. There is a priest (Nick Nolte in a lovely cameo) who is left in charge of a sick child Irwin (Duel Farnes) who leaves his ailing bed to consort with a band of angels in search of a lost one of their kind. Each of the 'angels' is named for the worldly belongings of Irwin: Cup of Tea (Robin Sacks), Flower Hercules (Daryl Hannah), Happy (Anthony Edwards in a role that captures the magic of the group exquisitely), and Cod (a mute but effective Ben Foster). The 'plot' includes the exhuming of all the town's past folk, measures by which a Noah character is convinced to give up his ark and two wives, the discovery of a child's angel wings - but to say more would destroy the magical tour this film holds for the new viewer. The music is oddly lovely, the camera work is from another planet, and the atmosphere this film creates remains indelibly stamped on the mind and heart of every vulnerable, open viewer. See it, buy it, treasure it. This is a little jewel.
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