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Full Review | Jun 18, 2020. ... even scriptural, about the struggle among the seven Hayes brothers in Jeff Nichols' remarkable Shotgun Stories. Full Review | Apr 28, 2011.
Mar 20, 2008 · by Jeremiah Kipp. March 20, 2008. Alternately terse and elegiac, writer-director Jeff Nichols’s Shotgun Stories works best when it observes the lives of its main characters, three lower-class brothers from southeast Arkansas. Beaten-up trucks parked by the river, cotton fields, and plainly furnished living rooms evoke a certain low-key ...
Jun 20, 2024 · Shotgun Stories debuts on Blu-Ray in its original 2.39:1 aspect ratio from a master that looks very fetching. Sony handles the remastering of all of their titles and, given the results, we would believe this was given a fresh master in recent years. The vital natural film grain of the 35mm material resolves perfectly without swarming or ...
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer. An allegory of our times, Shotgun Stories is a tragedy of biblical scale and an intimate family drama. Unlike the more lauded films of last year, which glorified a national preoccupation with bloody deeds, Shotgun Stories is a passionate cry to end the violence and a reminder that we, as free individuals, have the ...
Oct 26, 2023 · With Shotgun Stories, Jeff Nichols injects independent cinema with a much-needed dose of good, old-fashioned storytelling. But this isn’t merely a throwback to the past. Shunning the tools that have begun to permeate low-budget filmmaking (digital video, handheld cinematography, fast cutting), Nichols has crafted a timeless debut that might ...
Shotgun Stories is a quietly powerful drama that examines the destructive nature of revenge and the cycle of violence that can consume entire families. Written and directed by Jeff Nichols, the film follows three brothers—Son (Michael Shannon), Boy, and Kid—who become embroiled in a bitter feud with their estranged half-brothers after the death of their father.
Aug 5, 2019 · The oldest and most protective sibling, Son, who works in the fish hatchery, has scars on his back from shotgun pellets for protecting his kin–something he refuses to talk about. One night, Son’s embittered mother comes by his small rundown cottage to tell him their father died.
