Cast: Jamie Bell, Josh Lucas, Devon Alan and Dermot Mulroney
“Undertow” was directed by David Gordon Green known to his trademark of eerie pacing, pans stretched out like molasses and silences that span the whole oceans are perfect treatments for a story with the drawn-out tensions of murder, pursuit and fear. (Stylus Magazine)
Jamie Bell, Josh Lucas, Devon Alan and Dermot Mulroney are the cast of the film. Undertow is a drama / thriller that ‘transcends the genre’(New York Post), set in an oppressively, depressing humid red rusted tin roof Savannah landscape of the Deep South rural farm in Georgia, where a single father John (Mulroney) raised his two children. Chris (Bell) is the eldest who does the most of the hard labor within their small farm and rebellious because of frustration and boredom. Tim (Devon Alan) is the younger brother with strange eating disorder. When ex-con uncle Deel (Josh Lucas) came to stay with them and eventually killed their father because of the gold coins, the two boys went on the run with the gold coins to escape from their murderous uncle.
The film has rich elements of a Savannah landscape, they used available lights. The interior scenes use a lot of deep shadows and minimal light which was effective on showing depth. The fast pace and cut-fast forward effect through the film was a good style which we still see this kind of style on other film.
References:
Stylus (2007) Undertow [Online] Available at
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/movie_review/undertow.htm
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Rotten Tomatoes (2011) Undertow [Online] Available at
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/undertow/ [Accessed 27 February 2011]
Celebrity Wonder (2011) Undertow [Online] Available at
http://celebritywonder.ugo.com/movie/2004_Undertow.html
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