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Delta (The)
- Director: Ira Sachs
- Writer: Ira Sachs
- Producer: Margot Bridger; Loring McAlpin
CGiii Comment
Erm...Ira Sachs meets Bergman - and, like Bregman, he gets nowhere fast - in fact, it actually goes nowhere at all.
The acting is admirable and there are some glimmers of talent in the direction - with some notable examples of acute photography.
It's not a complete disaster...but, the script does let it down and the character development (which could have been gripping) is non-existent.
Too disjointed - too mediocre.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Lincoln, who's not yet 18, leads a straight life most of the time: he has a girl friend, goes to dances, jokes with guys. But he also has a secret life, in which he's drawn to dark places where he has sex with men he doesn't know. One night, while visiting a gay video arcade, he connects with John, a Vietnamese-born gay man, in his 20s probably, whose father was an African-American US soldier. John invites Lincoln to spend some carefree time with him, and Lincoln takes him to his father's boat. John then convinces Lincoln to take the boat into the Mississippi delta, where setting off some fireworks out of season precipitates betrayal and revenge.
Cast & Characters
Shayne Gray as Lincoln Bloom;
Thang Chan as Minh Nguyen;
Rachel Zan Huss as Monica Rachel;
Colonious David as Ricky Little;
Charles J. Ingram as David Bloom;
Mai Ballard as Pool Hall Owner;
Gene Crain as Sam Bloom;
J.R. Crumpton as Joe;
Richard Daggett as Pick-up Driver;
Melissa A. Dunn as Tina Clifton;
Polly Edelstein as Debbie Bloom;
Ron Gephart as Ken Bloom;
Patricia A. Gill as Joe's Wife;
Erin Grills as Jacquie Clifton;
Robert Hathaway as 2nd kid on Bike