Fractured Frontier: Ross Bros. Witness Bordertowns Running Afoul Under Threat of Storm Clouds & Cartels
The brothers Ross, Bill and Turner, have been rightly hailed as the new forerunners in the documentation of true blue Americana, picking up where their late idol Les Blank left off with poetic insta-vérité classics like 45365 and Tchoupitoulas. But it should be noted that since their humble beginnings the Ross brothers, though fascinated with the same kind southern small town culture that lines Blank’s oeuvre, have swapped out a Blank staple in culinary celebration for a shadowy focal point the allows the darker recesses of their subjects to seep into the frame.
Case in point: Tchoupitoulas revolves solely on a nighttime excursion into the illusory annals of New Orleans, while their deceptively rich web series River sees the filmmakers themselves travelling down the Mississippi from Cincinnati to New Orleans by ramshackle pontoon, stopping by night...
The brothers Ross, Bill and Turner, have been rightly hailed as the new forerunners in the documentation of true blue Americana, picking up where their late idol Les Blank left off with poetic insta-vérité classics like 45365 and Tchoupitoulas. But it should be noted that since their humble beginnings the Ross brothers, though fascinated with the same kind southern small town culture that lines Blank’s oeuvre, have swapped out a Blank staple in culinary celebration for a shadowy focal point the allows the darker recesses of their subjects to seep into the frame.
Case in point: Tchoupitoulas revolves solely on a nighttime excursion into the illusory annals of New Orleans, while their deceptively rich web series River sees the filmmakers themselves travelling down the Mississippi from Cincinnati to New Orleans by ramshackle pontoon, stopping by night...
- 9/23/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
This is turning out to be a very different year for SXSW, as though last year's tragedy marked a turning point where the city and the SXSW staff realized that things had gotten out of hand with too much going on at once with too little control. The result has been in my own observation that downtown seemed practically dead when I arrived Friday to pick up my badge. Strictly limited permitting for outside events and venues in addition to much of the interactive events being relocated away from the convention center have thinned the crowd to manageable levels, though we will see if that persists as the music portion of the fest kicks into gear.
Movies I've seen:
Western
This documentary by brothers Bill and Turner Ross (who premiered Tchoupitoulas at SXSW 2012) covers 13 months in the border city of Eagle Pass during Chad Foster's last term as mayor.
Movies I've seen:
Western
This documentary by brothers Bill and Turner Ross (who premiered Tchoupitoulas at SXSW 2012) covers 13 months in the border city of Eagle Pass during Chad Foster's last term as mayor.
- 3/17/2015
- by Mike Saulters
- Slackerwood
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