Dust Movie Review 2001

Skewered Euro-western set primarily in a war-torn Macedonia (where it was filmed) at the turn of the 20th century. It begins awkwardly in a present-day New York apartment where the aged Angela (Murphy) holds would-be burglar Edge (Lester) at gunpoint so he will listen to the story of her father and uncle. Gunfighter brothers Luke (Wenham) and Elijah (Fiennes) both fall for prostitute Lilith (Brochet), but it's Elijah who marries her. An embittered Luke eventually winds up in Macedonia, where revolutionary gangs battle the occupying Turks. Luke lends his gun, finds a girl (Kujaca), and then Elijah shows up. The old-west tale is visually stunning (and bloody) but the New York story is intrusive and sentimental.

Distribution

CinemaNow, 4553 Glencoe Ave., Ste. 200, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, URL: http://www.cinemanow.com, Remarks: Formerly known as Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 124 minutes.
Originally from British, German, Italian, Macedonian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Gunslingers, Brothers & Sisters, Period Piece: 20th Century, Eastern Europe, New York, New York, Flashback

Screenplay

Milcho Manchevski

Cast

Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham, Adrian Lester, Rosemary Murphy, Anne Brochet, Nikolina Kujaca

Cinematography

Barry Ackroyd

Director

Milcho Manchevski

Music

Kiril Dzajkovski

Other

Roby Guver, Nicolas Gaster, Ane Crabtree, Anne Jendritzko, David Munns

Producer

Chris Auty, Domenico Procacci, Vesna Jovanoska, Fandango, History Dreams, ena Film, Shadow Films, Lions Gate Films