Ride in the Whirlwind1966
Paired by the Criterion Channel, both directed by Monte Hellman, both with commentary by Bill Krohn, Blake Lucas and Monte Hellman, and both starring Jack Nicholson and Millie Perkins
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №734
- Commentary
- 1 track on the Channel player
Synopsis
In this eerie, existential western directed by Monte Hellman and written by Carole Eastman (FIVE EASY PIECES), Warren Oates and Will Hutchins play a bounty hunter and his sidekick who are talked by a mysterious woman (Millie Perkins) into leading her into the desert on a murkily motivated revenge mission. Things are further complicated by the addition to their crew of an enigmatic drifter (Jack Nicholson) who seems to delight in sadistically toying with the two men. Hellman’s singular odyssey is a vision of the weird old west unlike any other, a spare and challenging work leading to a provocative ending.
Commentary
All Commentators→1 streaming audio track
