The title "Deadly Drifter" gave me preconceived expectations of the film that were wrong. After the first ten minutes I knew I was watching an art film and adjusted my expectations to having an open mind. It was obvious that the film was made inexpensively and the actors were over 20 years younger than today. Without being distracted by the dated camera techniques I focused on the writing and the story that was being told. I found myself enjoying the film most when the character Empty Fox entered the story. The only character that doesn't show up more than once with a different name. Not only did he create a stable place from where to interpret the rest of the message but his dialog was infused with meaning that helped ground my understanding of what our "hero" was experiencing as well as impart wisdom to our perception of the reality we find ourselves sucked into. I might view this movie a couple more times to pick up things I might have missed the first time around. I'm appreciative of the fact that the director didn't try to spoon feed me his story like so many movies today that seem to be made only for the sake of eye candy. But then, I enjoy some of those too.
