I was recently blown away by writer/director Zack Wilcox's impressive directorial debut Hunting Lands (review) which tells the story of a man who is trying to disconnect from society only to find himself drawn back into it, and dealing with one of society's scummiest individuals.
Wilcox's movie is bold and risky and he tells his story with minimal dialogue to maximum effectiveness with the help of actor Marshall Cook and cinematographer Edwin Stevens.
I recently had a chance to pose some questions to Wilcox about the project, and we started with some insight into the origins of the movie and if it was always intended as such a visual film.
Look for Hunting Lands pl...
Wilcox's movie is bold and risky and he tells his story with minimal dialogue to maximum effectiveness with the help of actor Marshall Cook and cinematographer Edwin Stevens.
I recently had a chance to pose some questions to Wilcox about the project, and we started with some insight into the origins of the movie and if it was always intended as such a visual film.
Look for Hunting Lands pl...
- 5/8/2018
- QuietEarth.us
"They're always going to have to live with the consequences." A trailer has debuted for an indie film titled Hunting Lands, which is currently playing on the film festival circuit. Hunting Lands is the feature debut of an experienced gaffer named Zack Wilcox, telling a story about a man who dislikes modern society and retreats to find peace and solitude in the wilderness. When he discovers a discarded, beaten woman fighting for her life in the snow, Frank must decide whether to continue to turn his back on society or confront the world he loathes. Marshall Cook stars as Frank, and the cast also includes Joe Raffa, Keyna Reynolds, Kaleb Rittenhouse, and Brooke Mulkins. No surprise the cinematography in this looks gorgeous, but it also looks like an intriguing story reminiscent of Wind River or Leave No Trace. Definitely got my attention. Here's the first official trailer (+ posters) for Zack Wilcox's Hunting Lands,...
- 4/26/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Writer/director Zack Wilcox has pretty much done every job there is to do on a film set and now he's adding directing to his resume with his feature film debut Hunting Lands.
Marshall Cook stars as Frank Olsen, a veteran determined to create a life for himself outside of society but when he finds an injured woman in the snowy wilderness he must decide whether to let her die or return to civilization to save her.
Along with Cook, the movie also stars Joe Raffa and Keyna Reynolds.
Wilcox's background as cinematographer is clear in the trailer which suggests a movie which beautifully captures the starkness of life off the grid and Cook has received accolades for his leading performance as a man who dislikes modern society and retreats to find peace and sol...
Marshall Cook stars as Frank Olsen, a veteran determined to create a life for himself outside of society but when he finds an injured woman in the snowy wilderness he must decide whether to let her die or return to civilization to save her.
Along with Cook, the movie also stars Joe Raffa and Keyna Reynolds.
Wilcox's background as cinematographer is clear in the trailer which suggests a movie which beautifully captures the starkness of life off the grid and Cook has received accolades for his leading performance as a man who dislikes modern society and retreats to find peace and sol...
- 4/25/2018
- QuietEarth.us
Hunting Lands is a gripping and slow-burning thriller, a visually-arresting picture that manages to fully develop its protagonist and generate tension through mood instead of action and explosions. I had the opportunity to exchange e-mails with the writer-director of Hunting Lands, Zack Wilcox, who managed to tell me quite a bit about the making of the film. When did you start to develop Hunting Lands? I wrote the treatment for the film in 2009 and shared the story with a few friends. But in the end I was lucky enough to pitch it to Edwin my cinematographer and eventually executive producer and he saw the value of attempting a more abstract run at character development. At a lunch meeting in 2017 we decided that he would...
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- 4/20/2018
- Screen Anarchy
In broad terms, there are two kinds of thrillers: the ones that rely more on actions beats, explosions and general mayhem, and those that prefer to exploit atmosphere and a sense of place in order to generate tension. Zack Wilcox’s “Hunting Lands” belongs to the latter. Shot in the snow-covered landscapes of Michigan and light on dialog or traditional sequences of “excitement”, the film is a commendable exercise of suspense, a minimalistic motion picture that could end up boring some members of the audience, while enthralling the rest. Marshall Cook plays Frank Olsen, a reclusive veteran who’s trying to commence a new life in the Michigan wilderness, escaping from technology and contemporary society. Unfortunately, despite the fact that he’s doing his best to remain unlinked...
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- 4/18/2018
- Screen Anarchy
The latest yearly Halloween short from Adam Green and ArieScope Pictures has landed online today, and it takes the time to answer one of the horror's genre's most burning questions via deleted scene! You have Got to see this!
In John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween, “Michael Myers” was suddenly able to drive a car after having sat in a sanitarium staring at the wall since childhood. While the filmmakers addressed this slight plot hole briefly in the original movie with a throwaway line by Donald Pleasence (“Maybe someone around here gave him lessons”), we here at ArieScope Pictures were fortunate enough to track down a never-before-seen deleted scene from Halloween that thoroughly explains what really happened. Our 14th annual Halloween short film parodies our favorite slasher film of all time and stars Joel David Moore (Avatar, Dodgeball) and Kane Hodder (Hatchet 1-3, Friday The 13th 7-10) as “Michael Myers”.
Check it out below,...
In John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween, “Michael Myers” was suddenly able to drive a car after having sat in a sanitarium staring at the wall since childhood. While the filmmakers addressed this slight plot hole briefly in the original movie with a throwaway line by Donald Pleasence (“Maybe someone around here gave him lessons”), we here at ArieScope Pictures were fortunate enough to track down a never-before-seen deleted scene from Halloween that thoroughly explains what really happened. Our 14th annual Halloween short film parodies our favorite slasher film of all time and stars Joel David Moore (Avatar, Dodgeball) and Kane Hodder (Hatchet 1-3, Friday The 13th 7-10) as “Michael Myers”.
Check it out below,...
- 10/1/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
People aren’t watching enough Own. Seriously. If you aren’t watching The Oprah Winfrey Network, you’re missing out. Gayle King is out of her mind. “Behind The Scenes” showcases Oprah being a total weirdo (just try keeping count of the times Oprah candidly uses the term “crazyass”). And “Master Class: Maya Angelou” had us both sobbing and lactating. But one of the network’s gems is “Our America With Lisa Ling,” in which Lisa delves into social issues like any other newsmagazine show, albeit with a certain youthful zest that makes it feel less staid than “60 Minutes” and “Dateline.” (Is “Dateline” still on TV? What year is it?) One on recent episode, Lisa explored evangelical faith healers, and boy oh boy, is there a lot to work with here. Whether you’re agnostic or, say, The Pope (in which case, awesome hats, dude), it’s easy to see why Lisa looks mildly terrified.
- 5/13/2011
- by Best Week Ever
- BestWeekEver
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