Silverado - North Star Series Retrospective: Lawrence Kasdan's Great Western Frontier Revival

A Cinematic North Star

✨ MY CINEMATIC NORTH STARS ✨

"Navigating the overlooked, the under-appreciated, and the personally profound."

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Silverado

Directed by Lawrence Kasdan • 1885 In Spirit / 1985 In Fact

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Open Range - Movie Review: Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall’s Western Masterpiece

🎞️ Classic Look Back

Open Range

"No place to run. No reason to hide."

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The Dead Don't Hurt - Review: An Unconventional, Slow-Burn Character Study of the West

The Dead Don’t Hurt (2023)

★★★☆☆

A somber performance showcase that emphasizes the hardships and injustice of the untamed frontier.

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The Dead Don't Hurt

★★★☆☆

Directed by Viggo Mortensen • 2024

Release Date

May 31, 2024

Rotten Tomatoes

86%

Letterboxd Score

3.5/5

Running Time

2h 09m

Official Synopsis

On the lawless American frontier of the 1860s, fiercely independent French-Canadian Vivienne Le Coudy begins a passionate romance with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen. Setting up a modest domestic life together in a corrupt Nevada town controlled by a tyrannical rancher, their relationship fractures when Olsen answers the call to fight for the Union in the Civil War. Left completely isolated, Vivienne must survive a brutal, lawless town on her own terms, clashing with the rancher's violent, unhinged son Weston. Viggo Mortensen directs a melancholic, non-linear revisionist Western exploring tragic resilience and quiet survival.

Expanded Ensemble

• Vicky Krieps as Vivienne Le Coudy
• Viggo Mortensen as Holger Olsen
• Solly McLeod as Weston Jeffries
• Garret Dillahunt as Alfred Jeffries
• W. Earl Brown as Alan Kendall
• Danny Huston as Mayor Rudolph Schiller

Expanded Architects

• Director: Viggo Mortensen
• Screenplay: Viggo Mortensen
• Producers: Regina Solórzano, Jeremy Thomas, Viggo Mortensen
• Cinematography: Marcel Zyskind
• Film Editor: Peder Hjorth
• Music Composer: Viggo Mortensen

Official Promotional Trailer

Production Info & Specifications

Financial Budget	$12 Million (Estimated)
Global Box Office	$1.8 Million (Limited Release)
Capture Format	Digital (ARRI ALEXA Mini LF) • 2.39:1 Scope Layout
Primary Locations	Durango, Mexico • Ontario, Canada
Production Label	Shout! Studios • HanWay Films • Recorded Picture Company

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Horizon: An American Saga - Review: An Ambitious, Unfinished Tapestry of the Untamed West

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (2024)

An Ambitious, Unfinished Tapestry of the Untamed West

★★★☆☆

An impressive and brutal epic that suffers from its own massive scale and incomplete narrative.

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Johnny Guitar - Review: A Bold, Subversive, and Technicolor Masterpiece

Johnny Guitar (1954)

A Bold, Subversive, and Technicolor Masterpiece

★★★★☆

Watched 02 Jul 2024 — A distinctive Western that flips the genre on its head, placing power firmly in the hands of its formidable female leads.

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The Promised Land - Review: A Classic Western Tale with a Danish Twist

The Promised Land (2023)

A Classic Western Tale with a Danish Twist

★★★★☆

 A riveting, handsomely crafted epic featuring one of the most detestable villains in recent memory.

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