wow, I just finished watching Vernon, Florida and came online quick to hopefully find some great discussions going on. There are only four!!! Counting this one! It is unfortunate that this film has not been checked out by the masses. Truly one of the most overlooked films of all-time. Although, that does kind of make it fun. The fact that this film is a rare gem that very few have experienced.
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The landscape is ok but there are redneck hunters butchering animals in it all day.
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Terry, if you are not a vegetarian you are a hypocrite.
Now excuse me while I go off to butcher some tasty animals.
My only complaint about this film is that it isn't longer!
Actually, the hunters don't do ANY butchering in the film. They're spending their time doing what we spend most of our time doing--scouting your hunting land, monitoring how animals move, planning the hunt, and just being quiet and enjoying nature and the kind of peace you can only get being still in the woods and paying attention to what's around you. Even during hunting season, a) you might not see anything, and b) what you see you often don't have a clear shot at.
Hunting is more humane that what goes on at the livestock pens at factory farms and stockyards--my vegetarian friends respect what I do as an alternative to buying the packaged stuff in the supermarket.
I agree. This film is a gloriously idiosyncratic slice of small town rural American life that's both amusing and affecting in equal measure. The turkey hunter in particular was the single most lovable and colorful eccentric amongst the rich assortment of endearing oddballs interviewed in this movie.
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Although, I am not the type to see this film for what the masterpiece that some feel it is... My family is from Vernon, with a few actually in the film, and knowing these people in there makes the it humorous for me to watch. There is a rumor that Errol Morris went to Vernon to do a film on Vernon and its crazy (or desperate) inhabitants that would hack off their own limbs to collect insurance money. When the locals caught on to him they "strongly suggested" that he change the topic of the film. Just google Nub City.
shareHaha who were they if you don't mind me asking? They all seemed likeable, if odd in some cases. Loved the "it just happened" guy!
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hahahaha you must be in the film to say something that stupid. If you think this is entertainment why watch a movie just go to a hick town and sit out side the local gas station or store.
shareIt was interesting in parts, but mostly just kind of dull.
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