One must assume that APARTMENT ZERO director Martin Donovan, whose real name is Carlos Enrique Varela y Peralta-Ramos, knew exactly what he was doing with this genre-bending mood piece. Unfortunately, he chose not to share it with viewers.
A cross between Terence Malick's visionary western DAYS OF HEAVEN and THE WOLF MAN, Donovan's beautifully photographed cipher takes place on the American prairie of 1892. Angelic settler gal Jenny Hill (Mary Stuart Masterson) longs for the rough cowboy love of local desperado James Miller
(Stephen Blake), who's equally smitten with her. Jenny's domineering mother (Fionnula Flanagan) disapproves of the match, and marries Jenn...
Released:
1993
Rated:
R
Length:
97 mins