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PUEBLO SIN SUERTE
Excerpt from the Miami Herald Review:
"Set in an indeterminate time between 1938 and 1950-something, the cliché-ridden [Pueblo Sin Suerte] opens in a roadhouse, a fated drink and dance location where all the characters appear prior to the dirty deeds that will define their roles. There are three murders, alcoholism, adultery and a Texas lawman named after Cotton Mather."
"...Gillespie is the artist here, conscious of the effect of every frame, composing stark pictures from behind burned-out scrub, lining up his 'white hats' against skies low enough to be mistaken for walls. "
Candy for Bad Children Review:
Dirty deeds, done dirt dirt
cheap.
This is an amazingly beautiful film shot in the badlands of Texas with blue
skies and railroad ties. It reads much like a David Lynch film with strange
dialog and unnerving editing. Murder and sex infiltrate this small roadhouse
town and all the players get wrapped up in the investigation head up by the
county sheriff. Tragedy has had a hand in bringing everyone to this town, and
sure enough tragedy will take them out. The sheriff (Ross Sullivan) is at the
center of this dirty mess, trying to track down the culprits of a double murder.
He makes sure that he's more on the ball than the federal investigators by
seducing the wife of one of the suspects and by shaking down the town with an
shaky hand. The oddball residents include a mute whore and her madam, two
transient criminals on a crime spree, and a lonely girl working at the Blue
Heaven diner. Who can you trust in a town where you can't trust yourself? Nick
Lowe provides a beautiful acoustic soundtrack that matches the soft
cinematography and the uneasy mood of the film. This DVD also features a short
film, "Position of the Bodies" that I suggest watching before the feature, to
get you in a creepy mood.
- Clay N. Ferno