Tuesday, December 17, 2013
The Hi-Lo Country
When you insert the disk for this movie it might as well auto-play for that is the only option available. There are no supplements, language options or even scene selections. It’s also one of those disks that will refuse to track accurately in your player so that it’s impossible to tell where you are and how much is left to play.
A horse opera that begins with a cowboy getting thrown from a standing horse. Doesn’t sound like a propitious beginning, does it? Woody Harrelson gives his usual over-the-top performance. Billy Cruddup on the other hand is understated as always, the kind of actor who inhabits his part without drawing attention to himself. The two make uncomfortable partners in style and in this movie. Billy’s character gives background narration throughout. The movie left me feeling uncomfortable as if something is missing but I just can’t put my finger on it.
Shot in 1998 at a time when Woody still had hair on his head. Cowboy Westerns were well past their heyday and open range worked by men on horseback had become a thing of the past. For the price this disk is well worth the price of admission.
A horse opera that begins with a cowboy getting thrown from a standing horse. Doesn’t sound like a propitious beginning, does it? Woody Harrelson gives his usual over-the-top performance. Billy Cruddup on the other hand is understated as always, the kind of actor who inhabits his part without drawing attention to himself. The two make uncomfortable partners in style and in this movie. Billy’s character gives background narration throughout. The movie left me feeling uncomfortable as if something is missing but I just can’t put my finger on it.
Shot in 1998 at a time when Woody still had hair on his head. Cowboy Westerns were well past their heyday and open range worked by men on horseback had become a thing of the past. For the price this disk is well worth the price of admission.
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