‘Fugitive Dreams’ Tells a Timeless Tale for Right Now
JOHN, A NERVOUS CHATTERBOX WITH A child’s innocence, retches under a tree on the side of the road. “Dust in the lungs,” he says. His companion, the downhearted Mary, forces him to stand and leads him out of sight. “Cops’ll beat you dry for that shit,” she says in a low voice. “Get up.” Dried-up cornstalks stretch out for miles as the two characters in shoddy coats walk through the flat land in harsh black and white. The threatening landscape seems to trail them.
This moment in , the debut feature film from Austin director Jason Neulander, exposes early on that despite its appearance as a period piece, in more
