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BY NAOMI AND HERB* Rapphannock Newa Contributing Writer
These and other fine films are available from Cinema Paradiso Video Rental, Gay and Porter Streets, Washington (WednesdaySunday 12:30 to 6 p.m., Friday evenings until 7:30).
• The Outfitters: A Sundance Film Festival selection, this 101-minute film made in 1999 is offbeat and quirky. It chronicles the misadventures of two Hispanic brothers in New Mexico, struggling to save the family ranch.
Their inheritance includes a few scabrous mules, a vintage Ford pickup (dubbed “unkind transportation”), and a misbehaving dog of questionable breeding. The quasi-cowboy brothers frequent the “No Scum Allowed Saloon,” and attempt a succession of failing money-making schemes.
Eventually the two find happiness, one with his former babysitter who dumps her current love interest (an unctuous state trooper, whom she calls “lame and icky.”) The elder brother picks up a self-proclaimed hippie freak he finds in a gunny sack tied to a log by the side of the road, it is dislike at first sight but later turns to true love.
Herb, a real music aficionado, loved the esoteric score, which includes the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Tommy Jones and the Shondells, and a weird cowboy lament, “my bucket’s got a hole in it and don’t hold no beer!”
The film also has beautiful cinematic shots of the wideopen western spaces. If you enjoy this movie, you might also wish to see “Smoke Signals”, an equally offbeat and quirky Native American film.
• The Red Violin: At two hours, 12 minutes, this 1999 film requires perseverance and close attention. It is a tale of a rare, old Italian Busotti
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