The Dead Don’t Hurt taps into the gentler, more lyrical side of the genre, in the spirit of classic Hollywood directors.
, which galloped through cinemas earlier this year. Mortensen and Costner belong to a generation that grew up with the Western as a Saturday matinee staple – and both seem bent on playing cowboy well into their senior years, even if neither stands a chance of matching the longevity of Clint Eastwood.
Viggo Mortensen succeeds in tapping into the gentler, more lyrical side of the Western in The Dead Don’t Hurt.was all over the place, Mortensen’s second feature as writer-director offers a distinctive proposition about what a 21st-century Western could be.
Under the circumstances, it’s easy to overlook how traditional and even conservative the film is at heart, perhaps despite its maker’s conscious intentions. The dialogue tells us Vivienne is like the sea, impossible to pin down – but events suggest she’s better off under the protection of a good man, just as he’s better off when she joins him in the wilderness and starts planting flowers.Find out the next TV, streaming series and movies to add to your must-sees.
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