Pierre anton yelchin returns to his hometown after the death of his parents a. To ask other readers questions about the driftless area, please sign up. A wry and sophisticated heist drama, set in the rugged region of the midwest that gives the novel its title, the driftless area is the story of pierre hunter, a young bartender with unfailing optimism, a fondness for coin tricks, and an uncanny capacity for finding trouble. The scenery when you explore the driftless wisconsin area is unmatched. I had read tom drurys the driftless area a few years back. Very character driven and a sublime feeling throughout as the plot unwinds and. The driftless reader edited by curt meine and keefe keeley. Im originally from a small town downriver from this area, and i found. Drury ties up all the threads shane, the fire, stella with consummate skill. The driftless area is a region in southwestern wisconsin, southeastern minnesota, northeastern iowa, and the extreme northwestern corner of illinois, of the american midwest. It feels like a bunch of incomplete jigsaw pieces being forced. The driftless area is a 2015 canadianamerican neonoir dramacomedy film directed by.
There is simply no better place to explore, by car, by bike, or by boat. At once intimate and funny, wise and generous, driftless is. The new novel from the awardwinning author of the end of vandalism is a wry and sophisticated heist drama in which an unlikely hero finds himself in possession of a stolen bundle of money and tries to give it away set in the rugged region of the midwest that gives the novel its title, the driftless area is the story of pierre hunter, a young bartender with unfailing optimism. Pierre anton yelchin returns to his hometown after the death of his parents and falls under the spell of the enchanting, mysterious stella. The region escaped the flattening effects of glaciation during the last ice age and is consequently characterized by steep, forested ridges, deeply carved river valleys, and karst geology characterized by springfed. When he falls in love, with the mysterious and isolated stella rosmarin, pierre becomes the central player in a revenge.
Very character driven and a sublime feeling throughout as the plot unwinds. The film is based on the 2006 novel of the same title by tom drury, who cowrote the screenplay with sluser. A wild ride of adventure through the air, across rugged landscapes, on and under water, through a secret underworld, and across time itself to explore and decipher ancient clues of the driftless region, with its captivating scenic beauty. Im on a bit of a driftless kick recently, having read this book and one called going driftless, as well as listening to a community radio station over the internet from the driftless called, appropriately, wdrt. The driftless area isnt so much bad as it is trivial and forgettable, but in a day and age of dwindling cinemagoers, and interest in adult storytelling fading from the big screen, its weary. After the death of his parents, a bartender returns home to find himself in a dangerous situation. Alia shawkat, aubrey plaza, frank langella, and ciaran hinds also appear in supporting roles. At the heart of driftless wisconsin area are crawford county and vernon county, defined to their west by the mississippi river and by the kickapoo valley which runs through each. Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the driftless area near you. The plot summary sounds interesting on paper, but unfortunately the film is not at all interesting. Ancient glaciers passed by the driftless area and waterways vein its interior, forming an enchanting, enigmatic landscape of sharp ridgetops and deep valleys. Oedipus rex with a dose of hardboiled existentialism it is hard to miss how the superficial thrills of drurys plot are moved by distinctly ancient. Purchase the driftless area on digital and stream instantly or download offline.
The driftless area is a 2015 canadianamerican neonoir dramacomedy film directed by zachary sluser and starring anton yelchin, zooey deschanel, and john hawkes. Pierre anton yelchin returns to his hometown after the death of his parents and falls under the spell of the enchanting, mysterious stella zooey deschanel. An offbeat metaphysical story told in a nonlinear fashion that is in equal parts about fate, love. Driftless heralds a triumphant return to the midwestern landscape rhodes knows so well, offering a fascinating and entirely unsentimental portrait of a town apparently left behind by the march of time. With jonas stenstrom, rob nelson, george howe, timothy s. Home to the little house in the big woods, the prairie school, and the organic valley. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
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