movie of the day - northfork -

i would have NEVER thought to see this movie if i hadn't seen the preview on another disk i was watching.

it is called northfork . no, it's not about a ranch in dallas. it's a tale of a small montana town in 1955. a big power company, with help from the local higher ups is planning on flooding the plain where the town lays (for their new power plant) and opening the dam that they have built. they are now evacuating the last few remaining citizens who refuse to leave for one reason or another. that task falls to six men the power company hired. they all drive the same cars (each in pairs) and dress the same; black suits, ties and a hat. if they evacuate 65 households each, they get an acre and a half of new lake-front property when the project is completed.

there is a little boy who is ill in the story as well. his adoptive parents bring him back to the priest they got him from, saying he is too ill for them to bring on their journey (out of northfork). the priest knows the boy is dying but does his best to care for him.

the story involves death and life and angels and ghosts and outhouses and odd townsfolk and art work and mythical creatures and symbalism like you wouldn't believe. i thoroughly enjoyed this movie and highly recommend it to all. it is a mystic surreal piece of art