Severed Ways

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DVD Details

  • Rated: Unrated
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 49 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: July 28, 2009
  • Originally Released: 2008
  • Label: Magnolia Home Ent

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 12,199
Rating: 2/6 -- Largely lacking in dialogue (if not unintentional hilarity), this intensely personal project is proof positive that Bill and Ted grew up to become filmmakers.
Time Out
Mar 11, 2009
The real inspiration for this D.I.Y. epic -- part art-cinema oddity, part home-movie extravaganza -- is the real expedition by Thorfinn Karlsefni, an Icelander who planned to settle in the New World.
New York Times
Mar 13, 2009
Rating: C+ -- One of the more beautifully shot films of the year...so long as the camera is standing still. Full Review
Movie Dearest
Jul 19, 2009
3.5 stars out of 5 -- An engrossing curiosity of bludgeoning patience, blunt violence and sly humor...
Box Office
Jul 17, 2009
Rating: 2.5/5 -- Stone's admirable and persuasive evocation is unfortunately marred by his self-defeating resort to flurries of claustrophobic, fragmented hand-held shots that obfuscate just about every crucial plot development in the film. Full Review
Los Angeles Times
Jul 20, 2009
The spectacle of two dudes mucking about in the primal forest becomes tedious... Full Review
Village Voice
Mar 10, 2009
Rating: 5/10 -- Captivating locations can't overcome deplorable scenes of defecation and actually killing a hen onscreen. This is so slow and lacking in pace it tries one's patience. Full Review
tonymedley.com
Jul 16, 2009

Product Description:

In the 11th century, two Norse warriors are abandoned by their comrades in the wilderness of North America. They embark on a treacherous walk to their homeland, deluding themselves that if they somehow make it back, their journey will be written into the legends of their people. The effort of writer-director-producer-editor-star Tony Stone to make this semi-epic film on a near-zero budget is a worthy celebration of such aspiration in the face of impossible odds.

The film certainly shows the marks of an ambitious amateur: sparse, dubbed dialogue; relentless, invasive music; and digitized visuals, such as showcase shots of fractionated sunlight and slow-motion snowfall. But the depicted actions of the characters reveal enormous care and preparation by the cast and crew. The narrative features multiple sequences of singular kinetic events (each of which were shot in a single take), as the men laboriously hack down trees and construct a shelter, sharpen spears and use them to fish, and burn a Christian church built by similarly stranded Irish monks. The film may be honored with comparisons to Werner Herzog’s AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD, another low-budget epic featuring armor-clad men trekking through a wondrous, dangerous wilderness. But whereas Herzog’s film demonstrates a devotion to realism and stillness, Stone employs constant stylization to direct the audience’s attention rather than allowing viewers to make their own discoveries in his shots. This cinematic habit, along with the heavy metal soundtrack and the sporadic chapter titles, clashes with the unique naturalism of the wilderness survival scenes. However, such flaws are overshadowed by the courageous intentions behind them, making this a memorable film worthy of critical respect.

Product Description:

In the 11th century, Vikings, Indians, and Irish monks collide on the shores of North America in a historical epic adventure of exploration, personal glory, and religious dominance. Abandoned by a Western exploration party and stranded in the New World, two lone Vikings wade through a grand primeval landscape, struggling for survival while still in the grip of their Norse ways. An impressive DIY epic, SEVERED WAYS features a frosty black metal soundtrack, including Burzum, Morbid Angel, Judas Priest and Dimmu Borgir.

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  • Sales Rank: 44,686
  • UPC: 876964001427
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