Slow west movie 2015

Firsttime writer and director british john maclean has crafted an admirable film with atmospheric music, fine pacing, colourful characters, terrific scenery and a. Countries united kingdom, new zealand mpaa rating r. Maclean and offers an inventive treat for fans of the western. It has the formers deadpan absurdism and extremely precise compositions, and the latters interest in playing around with the iconography of the wild west yet this film is bigger and weirder than. From first till last, this tale of a hardboiled bounty hunter helping a scottish lad on his quest to find the woman he loves, whos on the lam in the old west, is a tissue of creaky contrivances and outright absurdities. At the end of the nineteenth century, 16yearold jay cavendish kodi smitmcphee journeys across the american frontier in search of the woman he loves. The british independent film award bifa nominations 2015.

Slow west 2015 r 1h 23m dramas determined to find the woman he loves, a scottish teenager braves the western frontier of 19thcentury america, with bounty hunters hot on his trail. The surreal frontier fable slow west, written and directed by john maclean man on a motorcycle, is an absurdist deconstruction. Ben mendelsohn on his fashionconscious baddie in slow west talking about his turn as the. Slow west is not badly pacednot at allbut it does present a challenge to the viewer. Released may 15th, 2015, slow west stars michael fassbender, kodi smitmcphee, ben mendelsohn, caren pistorius the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 31 min, and received a score of 72 out of. Slow west revolves around the journey of 16yearold man crossing the us border in the 19th century to find the girl he loved and accompanying the companionship of a mysterious traveler named silas. Slow west, a wry twist on classic frontier fables the. Watch slow west starring michael fassbender in this western on directv. Slow west michael fassbender and kodi smitmcphee wander a strikingly defamiliarized old west in john macleans accomplished first feature. Slow west the 2015 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Slow west must be counted one of the most unintentionally ridiculous westerns to come down the pike in a long, long while. There were 12 other movies released on the same date, including mad max. An easy and not necessarily inaccurate way to describe writerdirector john macleans debut feature slow west is that it feels like a movie that was codirected by wes anderson and john ford. Slow west trailer starring michael fassbender mar 24, 2015.

Released by lakeshore records in 2015 containing music from slow west 2015. Parents need to know that slow west is a western with a very subtle, slightly dark sense of humor. Jay cavendish kodi smitmcphee is a young man from scotland traveling through the united states in search of his love, rose ross caren pistorius. He is joined by silas michael fassbender, a mysterious traveler. A young scottish man travels across america in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide. Slow west has a lot of quirky elements and toys with ones expectations at every turn, but is more successful and focused than something like jim jarmuschs dead man, of which this film occasionally reminded me.

John macleans film plants a hapless innocent in a land of pitiless outlaws. In his very first fulllength feature, writerdirector john maclean realizes something about moviemaking that. And i mean that in the most complimentary way possible. With kodi smitmcphee, caren pistorius, aorere paki, jeffrey thomas. Slow west 2015 directed by john maclean genres action, thriller subgenres odd couple film, psychological western, road movie release date may 15, 2015 usa limited run time 84 min. Michael fassbender and kodi smitmcphee star in an old west tale packed with strange twists and turns. Slow west 2015 fullhd movie online free no download slow west 2015 fullhd movie online free slow west 2015 fullhd movie online gorillavid slow west 2015 fullhd movie cast. Working with michael fassbender was like being in a band slow west once a member of 90s eccentrics the beta band, now a movie director, john maclean is taking an equally. A mysterious traveler joins forces with a young boy in search of love in the first trailer for slow west, in theaters may 15th. Slow west bluray disc, 2015 wanted dead or alive western movie film soda pic. Slow west 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Slow west is like if quentin tarantino, wes anderson, and jim jarmusch bore a love child in new zealand, then raised it in old west colorado, with the life expectancy of a kiddie films runtime.

Starring kodi smitmcphee, michael fassbender, ben mendelsohn, caren pistorius, rory mccann and. Slow west is the biggest little movie set in the old west weve seen in a long time. The surreal frontier fable slow west, written and directed by john maclean man on a motorcycle, is an absurdist deconstruction of classic hollywood westerns whose 21stcentury view. Slow west was the dramatic winner of the sundance institutes world cinema jury prize at the sundance film festival. At the end of the nineteenth century, 16yearold jay cavendish kodi smitmcphee journeys across the american frontier in. Described by writerdirector maclean as a european road movie with fairytale inflections that is mostly about young love, slow west plays. Rent slow west 2015 starring caren pistorius and ben mendelsohn on dvd and bluray. Music is by jed kurzel and cinematography by robbie ryan. The pace has a resemblance to tarantinos a display of contrasting moral and deceptively funny journey to the west. Slow west serves as an impressive calling card for firsttime writerdirector john m. Slow west is a 2015 britishnew zealand action western film written and directed by john maclean in his directorial debut. Its the late 1800s and a teenage scottish aristocrat travels to the american west to track down the girl he loves with all his heart.

Slow west soundtrack from 2015, composed by various artists, jed kurzel. Everything you need to know about slow west movie 2015. Michael fassbender and kodi smit mcphee play wonderfully off of one another and give great, naturalistic performances. Slow west follows a 16yearold boy on a journey across 19th century frontier america in search of the woman he loves, while accompanied by mysterious traveler silas. Directed by john maclean and starring michael fassbender, ben mendelsohn, rory mccann and kodi smitmcphee. Theres lots of shooting and killing, and things get very bloody. A brief synopsis and the ending will be revealed for the movie slow west. Slow west is a very humble and honest title, the movie delivers exactly that, a road trip in the wild west with an innocent man, a bounty hunter and all sort of outlaws. Slow westkodi smitmcphee, michael fassbender, caren pistorius, ben mendelsohn, rory mccann 2015. The great news about slow west is that its eightyfour minutes long.