This neo-Western Brimstone brought together Dakota Fanning, Kit Harrington, and Guy Pearce for a twisted take on religion in the Old West.
From Sergio Leone's iconic Dollars Trilogy to Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Whity, European filmmakers have harbored a longtime fascination with the Western genre since it emerged in the United States shortly after the birth of cinema. Once a layout to glorify bygone days of the American West, many European filmmakers have historically used the Westerns to explore nuanced concepts around the region's mythical "taming" and settlement.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Starring the likes of Dakota Fanning and Guy Pearce, even featuring a small role played by Kit Harington, Brimstone lacks no major wow factor in its casting and serves as Koolhooven's first English-language effort.
'Brimstone' Subverts Conventions of the Western Like many contemporary Westerns, Koolhoven uses Brimstone to revise classic visions of the genre, which in the past worked too often to mythologize history with a sense of all-out inaccuracy and glorification. As a result, Koolhoven can present criticisms of the genre's customs and subvert them through his own creative perspective as a filmmaker.
Brimstone's most fascinating subversions of Western lore are presented through the movie's interest in the female perspective. Most commonly overlooked as side characters or male accessories in past ventures into the genre, Brimstone prioritizes women's experiences as marginalized figures in the Wild West. Throughout the movie, Liz constantly defies her circumstances in a world controlled by men.
Since first premiering in competition at the 2016 Venice Film Festival, Brimstone has become one of the most unique Eurowesterns of recent years, becoming Koolhooven's most widely distributed works across the globe. In its native Holland, Brimstone received widespread acclaim and awards attention, even though its provocative storytelling has had more divisive reactions from critics and audiences in other parts of the world.
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