the time will come

Rating: 10/10 (26 June 2008)

when this film is looked back on and regarded with the level of admiration it deserves. how, in the year of 'there will be blood' and 'no country for old men,' this film did not garner the same recognition is beyond me.
'jesse james' is filled with amazing, heartbreaking performances, transcendent cinematography and music, and an unparalleled directorial vision. the level of detail in this film is so great that one can't help but feel transported into the world of the dying west that dominick and his collaborators have created. and that's not to even discuss the plot itself, which moves toward inevitability with the pace and tangents of real life, and yet somehow feels tautly constructed just the same. a truly overlooked masterpiece.