If it's Fiction, it's True
Macon County Line (1974)
directed by Richard Compton
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
The pretty red sunrise that starts Macon County Line couldn't be anywhere but California, but Chris (Alan Vent) joking about the "double-firebrand" wrestling hold he put on his mother is straight Louisiana drive-in talk. Max Baer, Jr. writes himself the best role for a sheriff in Resistol straw since James Dickey's turn as Bullard in Deliverance; like Dickey, the onetime Jethro Bodine made a pile of money on a single screenplay, and like Dickey, he earned it. Deputy Reed Morgan's disinterested first hello to a trio of joyriders catches and sticks on an Illinois tag. From there on out, the wheels spin until they're sunk.
directed by Richard Compton
rating: 3 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix
The pretty red sunrise that starts Macon County Line couldn't be anywhere but California, but Chris (Alan Vent) joking about the "double-firebrand" wrestling hold he put on his mother is straight Louisiana drive-in talk. Max Baer, Jr. writes himself the best role for a sheriff in Resistol straw since James Dickey's turn as Bullard in Deliverance; like Dickey, the onetime Jethro Bodine made a pile of money on a single screenplay, and like Dickey, he earned it. Deputy Reed Morgan's disinterested first hello to a trio of joyriders catches and sticks on an Illinois tag. From there on out, the wheels spin until they're sunk.
posted by NPK at 10:51 AM
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