Thursday, August 15, 2013

'Ain't Them Bodies Saints' offers new take on American outlaw films

Cast members Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara pose at the premiere of "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" is the latest in a list of movies celebrating the American outlaw mythology, but the indie film set in rural Texas in the 1970s focuses more on mood and feelings than blazing shoot-outs and daring prison escapes. For writer-director David Lowery, the impetus for the outlaw romance, which opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, was a desire to be a part of the tradition of classic American storytelling, and to create a film that felt like an old folk song. "More than anything else I just wanted to make a movie that felt a certain way. ...








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