Writer/director John Sayles (The Brother From Another
Planet, The Secret of Roan Inish) continues to impress with
this near epic tale of a small Texas/Mexico border town. Young
sheriff Sam Deeds lives under a difficult legacy--his father was
the legendary lawman Buddy Deeds. A recently uncovered corpse
in the desert, however, may prove that saintly Buddy Deeds murdered
his evil boss Charley Wade back in the 50s. Poor Sam is left to
investigate a crime no one wants solved. Sayles also finds time
to ruminate on the complex hierarchy of racial tensions within
this secret-ridden small town. The true subject of the film is
history and it's elusive, completely subjective nature. Complex
and quite brilliant.
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