Road to Nowhere

Name: Road to Nowhere
Genre: Thriller, Romance
Released: June 10, 2011
Duration: 121 min
Rating: 59

2011

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Monterey Media | Release Date: June 10, 2011 | R

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. 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 theThere'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. 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. 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. 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. (Monterey Media Inc.)
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Director: Monte Hellman

Genre(s): Thriller, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 121 min

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Kevin Thomas

Jun 16, 2011

In its masterful use of evocative imagery and music, Road to Nowhere is flawless. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Jun 9, 2011

The tone and subject at times recall David Lynch's "Lost Highway" and "Mulholland Dr.," but the approach is Hellman's own. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Jun 23, 2011

A beautifully made, glorious mess. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Jun 10, 2011

The biggest flaw is the casting: only Shannyn Sossamon delivers a performance of even modest depth. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Aug 3, 2011

Each scene works within itself on its own terms. But there is no whole here. I've rarely seen a narrative film that seemed so reluctant to flow. Nor perhaps one with a more accurate title. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Jun 10, 2011

While there are some giggles in the film-within-the-film (also called "Road to Nowhere"), the artsy-fartsy direction and flat-as-a-pancake acting (including a cameo by Variety columnist Peter Bart as himself) invites invidious comparisons to "Mulholland Drive." Read full review

Anthony Lane

Jun 6, 2011

Road to Nowhere is a dead end. Most of the performances are carved from balsa wood. [13 & 20 June 2011, p. 129]

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cptplasma

Nov 23, 2011

Monte Hellman proves with Road to Nowhere that he is the Shaolin master
of directing. His Kung Fu is indeed strong and apparently getting
stronger every day. When Road to Nowhere was awarded the Special Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, jury president Quentin Tarantino introducedMonte Hellman proves with Road to Nowhere that he is the Shaolin master
of directing. His Kung Fu is indeed strong and apparently getting
stronger every day. 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". This is the Tao of Monte Hellman
and why he remains Hollywood's Invisible Man in spite of his great
talent. True to form, Road to Nowhere is not a film that draws
attention to itself. It is not showy or pretentious. 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. All
considered, though unfortunate, it is understandable that audiences
might choose to overlook this amazing film. But I sincerely hope they
do not. Because the viewing of it just might change the way they look
at cinema forever. Sincerely,

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