![]() ![]() Their performances are so understated that you forget they are actors playing characters. Other actors, good (Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard) and not-so-good (Richard Gere) blend in perfectly. Her voice is halting and uncertain, belying a personality that is confident in all other respects. Linda Manz's young character narrates the story sporadically, like a sleepy traveler beside the campfire telling you of half-forgotten memories, and wonderful, casual observations that will seem clearer in the morning light, but no longer worth mentioning. ![]() It is simply that the environment is the main character as opposed to the human elements. This isn't, after all, a hard film to follow. ![]() Sure, there's a general plot line which should satisfy any casual viewer. The magic hour (when much of the film was shot), those moments before dawn and after dusk when everything is indirect, dreamlike, breathless, heartwaking. ![]()
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