"Sasquatch Sunset"

Sasquatch Sunset proves unusual, atmospheric, and mesmerizing—a "good/very good" film. Co-directed by the brothers David Zellner and Nathan Zellner, and written by the former, the movie literally and figuratively wanders far off the beaten path. It does not amount to horror, but rather a very naturalistic type of science fiction. Beautifully shot on location in Humboldt County, California, the movie's visual compositions, construction, and editing all prove admirable. The film's coda is a hauntingly ironic and fatalistic commentary about the intrusiveness of human beings upon the natural wilderness and their compensatory need to "honor" nature by turning its creatures into tokens, totems, and mute icons. But the filmmakers present this theme visually, through composition, and editing, and without the tiniest bit of exposition.

Raw, tender, and plaintively lyrical, Sasquatch Sunset constitutes a unique cinematic experience.