Saturday, November 8
Landmark (Theater 7)
5:00 PM
James Bolton
USA, 2008
90 min
Based on a novel by Jim Grimsley set in Louisiana in the 1970s, Dream Boy is an evocative drama that will stay with you long after the film’s startling conclusion. Finding himself once again in a new town, quiet and reclusive teen Nathan (Stephan Bender) can’t take his eyes off Roy (played by Max Roeg, son of Nicolas Roeg and Theresa Russell), a long-haired, handsome farm boy that drives the school bus. Seemingly straight, Roy nonetheless seems to welcome Nathan’s glances at him in the bus mirror. Soon Nathan is tutoring Roy, which leads to friendship and then to touching, and then to more. But as Nathan and Roy bask in a sweet budding relationship, Bolton’s use of ominous music and dark innuendos signal that the plot will likely lead to a much darker place for our duo.
ADMISSION: $10 non-member / $8 members