Movie Review: Sofia Coppola’s ‘On the Rocks’
The film does not add anything to its own conversation or genre, and falls flat once it’s about to end and must declare some sort of conclusion.
Trail of the Spider
Trail of the Spider transposes Western genre motifs and the suppressed racial history of the American west (where one in three cowboys were black or Mexican) onto the transforming landscape of East London. Questioning and re-imagining the Western’s portrayal of the “Vanishing Frontier” , the film extends the metaphor to the material and psychological conditions of a present day city increasingly dominated by volatile financial speculations and private interests.
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Trail of the Spider transposes Western genre motifs and the suppressed racial history of the American west (where one in three cowboys were black or Mexican) onto the transforming landscape of East London. Questioning and re-imagining the Western’s portrayal of the “Vanishing Frontier” , the film extends the metaphor to the material and psychological conditions of a present day city increasingly dominated by volatile financial speculations and private interests.
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Genre:Western
Written By:Anja Kirschner
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Runtime:54 minutes
Studio:Film London, Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network, Arts Council of England, The Elephant Trust
Cast
Anja Kirschner, David Panos
Director
Floyd
The Man with No Name
Claudette Bonney
Marnie
Darren Matthews
Turnwood
Robin Laine
Dr. Harwell Carver
John Barker
JB
Jessica Rattigan
Jess
Graham Morris Almond
Judah
Andrew Westcott
Benton
Neil Burrows
Surveyors' Assistant
Norman Barrow
Man on Prairie
Robin Freeman
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