Deadly Drifter

Starring:Peter Coyote, O-Lan Jones, Jim Haynie, Grandfather Semu Haute, Scott Beach, Danny Glover, Max GrodÃ©nchik, Gail Dartez
Director: Eli Hollander
Studio: Vidtape
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The Gnosis Queen Reviews "Deadly Drifter"

Deadly Drifter
Starring: Peter Coyote; Danny Glover
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The Gnosis Queen Reviews "Deadly Drifter".......2005-10-26

Deadly Drifter, is a fantastic movie. I find
a Gnostic Christian theme, running entirely
through it, from beginning, to end. The script
is fabulous, and symbolic, in my opinion, and
is an early version of The Matrix. Again, as
in the movie "Small Time", we have an Indian
man, very knowledgeable, and somewhat magical,
who shares his views about life, with Peter
Coyote's character. Tommy the tourist,
obviously a dark force, is eliminated, due to
his evil inclinations. I believe he represents
an Archon of the Demiurge, of Gnostic texts.
The Old Man, is the Demiurge. The commissioner
I believe, represents the True God, who none
of the characters ever meet, due to their
hylic, and psychic states. The characters meet
their demise, and are eventually reincarnated.
They come together on the beach, where they
have a barbecue, and talk about old times.
Peter Coyote's character, (now in the Pneumatic
Condition)- finds the way out..The Way Out Of
The Material Illusion.
This movie is filled with symbolism, and is
well worth watching many times.

Blood Tide/Deadly Drifter/The River Niger/Death of a Prophet/TNT Jackson/South Bronx Heroes

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Blood Tide/Deadly Drifter/The River Niger/Death of a Prophet/TNT Jackson/South Bronx Heroes
Starring: Blood Tide , Deadly Drifter , River Niger , and De
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Stigma/The Baron/Delta Force Commando/Deadly Drifter

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Stigma/The Baron/Delta Force Commando/Deadly Drifter
Starring: Calvin Lockhart , Richard Lynch , Leonard Jackson , Vicki Baltimore , and Gail Strickland
Director: Phillip Fenty
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ASIN: B0007CEX36
Release Date: 2005-01-11

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Deadly Drifter/Blood Tide
Starring: Coyote , Glover , Beach , Jones , and Ferrer
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ASIN: B00076Q00G
Release Date: 2005-06-17

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2 Feature Films on 1 Disc./ Deadly Drifter is an atypical, covertly Satirical Film./ Blood Tide is a tale of a terrifying sea creature beast.

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From where I stand
Hal Hartley fans take note
pointless movie
Get A Clue
Huh?

Deadly Drifter
Starring: Peter Coyote , O-Lan Jones , Jim Haynie , Grandfather Semu Haute , and Scott Beach
Director: Eli Hollander
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ASIN: B0002B54MQ
Release Date: 2003-08-10

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From where I stand.......2007-03-30

After viewing this movie twice I still cant figure out why it appeals to me. I think that when artist's use alot of metephors some of them strike home, even if it wasnt the intending meaning the artist was trying to convey. my favorite line in the movie was right at the end when the girl said "I went swimming....I cant swim" I took it to mean living is what mankind is comfronted with however we dont seem to have the skills to handel this effectively, of cource it may have meant something totally different. anyway I appluad the movie for streatching out of the ordinary massage of the testicals or adrenaline glands that many movies are replicating over and over again.

Hal Hartley fans take note.......2006-04-29

If you're a Hal Hartley fan you may very well find OUT (aka Deadly Drifter) to be of great interest. See it -- it's almost certain Hartley has, and if he has not, it certainly anticipated him. It's too bad this thing appears to have fallen into the public domain, because I would LOVE to see a widescreen print and some kind of commentary from director Hollander and the book's author Ronald Sukenick. As things stand, it seems to be available in full screen prints from every budget label currently producing DVDs -- the one I got isn't even listed on Amazon anymore. I'd be very grateful if someone in the know could recommend the best version, particularly if a widescreen print is available.

pointless movie.......2006-02-07

I want to thank reviewer Jeffrey Leach for helping me gain a tiny insight into this film. Without his informing me that this was a satire of American radicalism, I would have guessed it was somebody's high school film project - that got an F. I'd give it a zero, but this system won't go that low.

The question the movie leaves me and the friends who sat through this is why would Danny Glover or Peter Coyote agree to this project?

Get A Clue.......2005-07-15

Obviously, this is a movie about reincarnation. Each number represents a different incarnation in the soul's progression. Even the name Rex changes. "One day I am Rex, the next day Carl." His friends change roles as the movie progresses as well. The time traveling between numbers represents time spent in the Bardo. We see examples of continuation Karma as well as boomerang karma. In the end we see the soul's development as it finally embraces detachment. This is a great movie for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.

Huh?.......2005-04-01

I heartily agree with what every other reviewer says about Eli Hollander's "Deadly Drifter." What a horribly confusing, absurdist film! Then I noticed the picture also goes by the title "Out," and that someone named Ronald Sukenick wrote the screenplay based on a novel by, not surprisingly, Ronald Sukenick. Hmmm. Well, the obtuseness of the film inspired me to launch an Internet excursion in the hope that I would discover the idea behind this bizarre motion picture. I first searched for everything I could find on the film itself, under "Deadly Drifter" and then "Out." All I found were several angry movie reviews blasting Hollander's effort. Then I stumbled over a throwaway line somewhere that said "Deadly Drifter" is a satire of American radicalism. Aha! Unless you've seen the film, you can't imagine how much that one line helps to clear up a few of the mysteries surrounding this odd little movie. When I did a search for Ronald Sukenick, I understood even more. He's an avant-garde fiction writer, which means he writes nonsense and passes it off as serious literature. Whatever. If you think "Deadly Drifter" the film is weird, you haven't seen anything until you read the first few pages of "Out."

"Deadly Drifter" stars Peter Coyote as Rex, a man caught up in a giant conspiracy. When we first meet up with Rex, he's toting dynamite and climbing around on a rooftop with fellow revolutionary Nixie (O-Lan Shepard). The two speak through thoughts, imploring each other not to fall and other nonsense as they look through a window just in time to see a woman with a knife cutting out a man's tongue. Confused yet? Don't worry; you will be within seconds. The movie then switches focus to a meeting of Rex's and Nixie's revolutionary cell. Carl (Jim Haynie), Jojo (Danny Glover), Arnold (Michael Grodenchik), and Trixie (Gail Dartez) sit around a table worrying about infiltration by agents, muse about "The Commissioner," and talk about how important it is to contact the Old Man on the West Coast. They spell out secret messages using letters taken from bowls of alphabet soup, and then eat the message afterwards so the agents won't know what they're up to. Yes, I know how it sounds, but I didn't write the book or the screenplay. Anyway, most of the dialogue in these scenes falls in the category of paranoid delusional with characters questioning other characters about their "real" identities and accusing each other of being agents. Then they all leave Greenwich Village to head out on various missions that will take them to the West Coast.

Did I mention that the movie counts down from ten to zero, with each number representing a stage of the exodus west? We go from Greenwich Village to Newark, New Jersey to Central City, Iowa to Lincoln, Kansas to Colorado Springs, Colorado to "The Mountains" to Yucca Falls, Nevada to Venice, California to a Fourth of July celebration on the beach. Again, I didn't write the book or the screenplay. In each of these locations Rex encounters his former Greenwich Village compatriots, but this time they have different names and often don't recognize him. The scenes start to blur into total nonsense, but a few do stand out. For instance, Rex marries Nixie somewhere in the Midwest, the two spend their honeymoon in a hotel room, and make a big deal about dining on tongue (!). The most memorable segment involves Rex's encounter with an Indian named Empty Fox (Grandfather Semu Haute). The two talk about their boots and cars before ambling out into the deep woods for a peyote session that results in Rex's ability to recite passages from the Book of Jonah in an Indian language. The conclusion to the film finds the group reuniting on the beach in jovial spirits, not because they finally found the Old Man but because they can read minds and are now members of a flaky New Age group called the Institute for Creative Unity.

Wow! You haven't seen confusing until you watch "Deadly Drifter." Once I learned that the movie dealt with left-wing radicals, it made sense on one level. Many 1960s nuts did start out preaching revolutionary claptrap and blowing up stuff only to move into Native American rituals and New Age daffiness as the Summer of Love gave way to the dreary 1970s, and their transitions between belief systems were quick and not easily understandable to sane individuals. In that context "Deadly Drifter" does make some sense. But it's all lost under mountains of impenetrable dialogue and a plodding pace that almost forced me to fling my DVD player out the window. By the way, what's up with the title "Deadly Drifter"? I can only conclude that someone thought the title would convince people they were renting a horror or an action film. "Out" is a far better title, as in "I'm OUT of my mind to watch this movie" or "I'm OUT of luck trying to understand where this thing is going" or "You're watching Deadly Drifter? I'm getting OUT of here." Too, putting Danny Glover's mug on the cover is a bit misleading since his part as one of Rex's rarely seen compatriots is a small one.

Hats off to Ronald Sukenick and director Eli Hollander for making a film that ranks as one of the biggest wastes of celluloid in motion picture history. The DVD version I watched contained only a trivia game as an extra. Yep, a trivia game. Are you kidding me? You expect me take a test after watching this mishmash? I'd have a better chance reading the Chinese translation of "War and Peace" than figuring out answers to questions dealing with "Deadly Drifter." I would probably watch the film again if Hollander did a commentary track for it, though. O.K., I likely wouldn't watch this one again under any circumstances. Stay far away, folks. FAR, far away!

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Bail Out/Deadly Drifter
Starring: Bail Out , and Deadly Drifter
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Starring: S/Coyote, P Bullock
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Deadly Drifter

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In a time of great political and social upheaval, Peter Coyote plays an urban guerilla on a circuitous path of destruction and mayhem. Starting out in Greenwich Village, he embarks on a series of random acts of violence as he journeys across the country.