Because the viewing of it just might change the way they look at cinema forever. All considered, though unfortunate, it is understandable that audiences might choose to overlook this amazing film. The acting is so natural, realistic, and effortless that were it not for the spectacular HD cinematography one might think he was watching a documentary. True to form, Road to Nowhere is not a film that draws attention to itself. This is the Tao of Monte Hellman and why he remains Hollywood's Invisible Man in spite of his great talent. When Road to Nowhere was awarded the Special Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, jury president Quentin Tarantino introduced Hellman as "both a great cinematic artist and a minimalist poet." This verbal sketch captures his likeness brilliantly in my opinion, for Hellman is truly the master of "the art of fighting without fighting." This refers to his self-proclaimed aesthetic that "directing should be invisible - don't direct - don't act" and "the director's job, after casting which is like 99% of the job, is to ferociously eliminate anything that doesn't advance the story or that takes the audience out of the story". His Kung Fu is indeed strong and apparently getting stronger every day. Introduced Monte Hellman proves with Road to Nowhere that he is the Shaolin master of directing. Lion at the Venice Film Festival, jury president Quentin Tarantino When Road to Nowhere was awarded the Special Golden Monte Hellman proves with Road to Nowhere that he is the Shaolin master of directing. A young filmmaker gets wrapped up in a crime while shooting his new project on location. With Tygh Runyan, Dominique Swain, Shannyn Sossamon, John Diehl. From the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina to Verona, Rome and London, new truths are revealed and clues to other crimes and passions, darker and even more complex are uncovered. Road to Nowhere: Directed by Monte Hellman. He finds himself unsuspectingly drawn into a complex web of haunting intrigue, obsessed with the woman, the crime, her possibly notorious past and the disturbing complexity between art and truth. A passionate filmmaker, creating a film based upon a true crime, casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in the story. A passionate filmmaker, creating a film based upon a true crime, casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in the There's a murky tenuous balance between reality and fiction particularly when it involves a beautiful young woman, murder, a powerful politico, a missing fortune and suicide. Summary: There's a murky tenuous balance between reality and fiction particularly when it involves a beautiful young woman, murder, a powerful politico, a missing fortune and suicide.
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