This movie was the last one River Phoenix did. It is unfinished, yet hauntingly beautiful.
Phoenix did a great job playing Boy, a young widower living in the desert on a nuclear testing site. The guy rescues a Hollywood couple whose car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Little did the couple knew that Boy wasn't as willing to help them as he sounded. The movie set was so beautiful and surreal, it was the perfect background for the conflict between the characters.
I also found that the desert scenes painted the inner landscape of Boy's whose traumas were still eating at him.
His inner world was reflected in the outside environment he built for himself, in his actions and his awkward thinking. I cried in the end because everything felt so real and believable.
This movie can be watched by anyone who appreciates art and all the hard work that is put into bringing it on the screen.
Phoenix did a great job playing Boy, a young widower living in the desert on a nuclear testing site. The guy rescues a Hollywood couple whose car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Little did the couple knew that Boy wasn't as willing to help them as he sounded. The movie set was so beautiful and surreal, it was the perfect background for the conflict between the characters.
I also found that the desert scenes painted the inner landscape of Boy's whose traumas were still eating at him.
His inner world was reflected in the outside environment he built for himself, in his actions and his awkward thinking. I cried in the end because everything felt so real and believable.
This movie can be watched by anyone who appreciates art and all the hard work that is put into bringing it on the screen.