Oct 15 2009
It Came From The Video Store – Julian Po
Tired of trips to crowded theaters full of noisy kids and overpriced food? Had your fill of vapid reality shows on TV? Wondering what to stock your Netflix queue with? Every week, Robert Saucedo’s “It Came From the Video Store” will point you in the direction of a movie that is worth seeing and should be available in a video store near you.
Julian Po, a 1997 film from writer/director Alan Wade, is a subtly simple story that not only serves as a crest in actor Christian Slater’s career, but also hearkens back to an earlier era of film-making.
Julian Po (Slater) is on his way to the ocean when his car breaks down. After he walks into a small town carrying nothing but a suitcase, the locals become obsessed with discovering Po’s secrets. After a day and night of having his every move monitored by nosy neighbors convinced that they have a drug dealer in their small town, Po confesses that he has come to their small town in order to take his own life. Word quickly spreads and soon the entire town learns of Po’s intentions. What follows is a quirky series of escalating encounters between Po and a town full of strangers who want nothing more then to help him on his way to the afterlife.
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