Dead River Rough Cut
2019 MOFF Selection
About This Project
Director:
Stu Silverstein, Richard Searls
Total Running Time:
60
Origin:
Maine
Synopsis:
Bob Wagg and Walter Lane live in a tarpaper shack, hunting, fishing, trapping and logging with oxen. They prefer the sounds of the birds to the roar of highway traffic, and scorn the money-chasing of city life. Covering a period of four seasons in the remote backwoods of Maine, Dead River Rough Cut presents a revealing look at an individual way of life. Wagg and Lane earn a living and accept their isolation for the independence it allows them. But not everyone would want to draw water from a hole in the ice. They share their reflections about women, politics, taxes, the lone life and death. 60 minutes Original release date: 1976
