Dark Blood

Dark Blood

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Nuclear Testing

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  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): George Sluizer
  • Cast(s): River Phoenix, Judy Davis, Jonathan Pryce, Karen Black, T. Dan Hopkins See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 26min
  • Music: Florencia Di Concilio
  • Similar To: Miller's Girl, Madame Web
  • Story:
    Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site in the desert. Boy is waiting for the end of the world and carves Katchina dolls that supposedly contain magical powers. Boy's solitude is interrupted when a Hollywood jet-set couple who are travelling across the desert become stranded after their car breaks down. The couple are rescued by Boy, who then holds them prisoner because of his desire for the woman and his ambition to create a better world with her.
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STORY

Story
Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site in the desert. Boy is waiting for the end of the world and carves Katchina dolls that supposedly contain magical powers. Boy's solitude is interrupted when a Hollywood jet-set couple who are travelling across the desert become stranded after their car breaks down. The couple are rescued by Boy, who then holds them prisoner because of his desire for the woman and his ambition to create a better world with her.

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Only 80% of the film was shot when River Phoenix died. For the 2012 release, director George Sluizer filled in the remaining scenes by narrating the script himself.

River Phoenix and co-star Judy Davis reportedly disliked each other intensely. In an open Q&A at the 2013 Jerusalem Film Festival, director George Sluizer stated that River had personally asked him to postpone the scenes in which Boy and Buffy were intimate or even had to be close to one another. Due to River's sudden death, those scenes were never shot.

In a 2015 interview with The Guardian, Jonathan Pryce cited this film as the worst job of his career: 'It was a horrible experience even before River Phoenix died. I adored him, but other factors on the production made me never want to act again.'

According to director George Sluizer the unfinished movie was stored in the warehouse of the insurance company until 1999, when they considered destroying the negatives as they were tired of paying storage fees on it. With the help of some associates, Sluizer was able to steal the movie, which he brought to New York and then shipped the 700 kg of footage to Holland, where it went into storage again. It was not until 2012 that Sluizer managed to gather enough money to finish it.

When River Phoenix was first offered the role of Boy in April 1993, there were concerns that his drug addictions were too severe for him to be able to work.

Popular Dialogues

"Boy: Show me a sane man and I'll show you a real moron."

"Boy: Magic's just a question of focusing the will. You don't get what you want because you're lucky. You get it because you will it."