Slow West
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| German title | Slow West |
| Original title | Slow West |
| Country of production |
United Kingdom , New Zealand |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | John Maclean |
| script | John Maclean |
| production |
Iain Canning , Rachel Gardner , Conor McCaughan , Emile Sherman |
| music | Jed Kurzel |
| camera | Robbie Ryan |
| cut |
Roland Gallois , Jon Gregory |
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Slow West is a British - New Zealand Western from the year 2015 , in which Michael Fassbender , Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ben Mendelsohn play. John Maclean , who has made numerous short films, worked as director and screenwriter . The film opened in German cinemas on July 30, 2015. It is also an independent film , which is distributed in Germany by Prokino.
action
In the Wild West, a young man rides west alone. It is about the 16-year-old Scottish nobleman Jay Cavendish, who fell in love with the farm laborer's daughter Rose Ross in his home country, but who did not develop the same feelings for the younger Jay. When his uncle Jay was caught in the Ross' house, there was a brawl with Rose's father John, in which Jay's uncle died unhappily. Rose and her father then fled to North America. Jay travels afterwards to find his love again.
In the forests of the lawless West, Jay meets Silas, a bounty hunter and former gang member who is now responsible for law and order in the West on his own. For money, Silas Jays takes over protection in the search for Rose. While stopping at a trading post, Silas and another bounty hunter - unlike Jay - notice that there is a poster outside the door with a high bounty of $ 2,000 on John and Rose Ross. Silas thinks that Jay could lead him to the two of them. In a shooting at the trading post, Jay kills a young woman to protect Silas and is forced to discover that he killed a mother of two.
After a few more incidents, the two meet Silas' former gang leader Payne, who tries to get information about the whereabouts of the Ross from the two with the help of alcohol. Silas warns Jay that he should return home if he really loves Rose. It turns out that the two children of the killed mother were taken away by the bounty hunters around Payne.
Rose lives with her partner, the Indian Kotori, and her father in a log cabin nearby, of which the rest of the people involved soon learn. To protect Rose and Jay, Silas ties Jay to a tree and runs to the Ross' log cabin to warn the residents. But the house is already under the surveillance of the bounty hunter from the trading post who shot Rose's father and shoots Silas. Payne then shoots the bounty hunter and his gang begins to storm the log cabin, which Rose and Kotori fiercely defend. Jay, who was able to free himself from the shackles, also rushes to the log cabin, but is fatally wounded shortly after entering it by Rose, who does not recognize him.
In the further course of the showdown, almost everyone involved is killed. Shortly before Jay's death, he is recognized by Rose. In the end, only Rose and Silas survive the massacre. He moves in with her and they take in the children of the mother who was killed by Jay at the trading post.
Trivia
- Jay Cavendish's luggage includes a copy of the London-published travel and emigrant handbook “Ho! For The West !! ”, which has been reprinted several times since 1856. The author Edward Hepple Hall (1831–1912) had also written other advisory literature for travelers, new settlers and investors in Canada and the Northwest of the USA.
background
- The world premiere was on January 24, 2015 at the Sundance Film Festival . The film was released in US cinemas on May 15, 2015 ; on June 26, 2015 the film was shown in British cinemas for the first time.
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The film received mostly positive reviews. At Rotten Tomatoes , the film was able to convince 92% of the film critics, based on 132 reviews, and 74% the audience with around 11,600 votes. At Metacritic , a Metascore of 72, based on 27 reviews, could be achieved. At IMDb , the film received 6.9 out of a possible 10 stars with around 39,700 votes. (As of December 31, 2019)
In summary, Rotten Tomatoes says that John Maclean's debut film is “an impressive calling card” and that it is an original film for “fans of the West”. Oliver Kaever wrote at Zeit Online that the western had not been so “alive” for a long time - the director had redesigned the genre. He also praises the two main actors Michael Fassbender and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Rated 4 out of 5 points on Filmstarts.de . The criticism praised the fact that the cameraman Robbie Ryan was able to thank for great shots of New Zealand . Bilge Ebiri writes in the Vulture that the film is "an absurd, melancholy coming-of-age story that ranges from a strange comedy to brute force to rousing thought."
“Wortkarger Spätwestern, which impresses with its laconic imagery. In brief scenes, the directorial debut confronts youthful ideals with greed for money and raw violence, although he is more interested in de-romanticizing the genre than in building up tension. "
Web links
- Slow West in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Slow West . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, June 2015 (PDF; test number: 152 521 K).
- ↑ a b c Slow West at Rotten Tomatoes (English), accessed on December 31, 2019
- ↑ a b c Slow West at Metacritic (English), accessed on December 31, 2019
- ↑ a b Slow West in the Internet Movie Database (English) , accessed on 31 December 2019
- ↑ Oliver Kaever: Slow West - The Western lives. In: Zeit Online . July 25, 2015, accessed December 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Critique of Slow West. In: filmstarts.de .
- ^ Bilge Ebiri: Michael Fassbender Does His Best Clint Eastwood in Slow West. In: vulture.com. May 15, 2015, accessed December 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Slow West. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 22, 2020 .