The Main Stream
Humorist Roy Blount Jr. takes viewers on a journey down the Mississippi River, showcasing everything from areas with spectacularly beautiful scenery to ugly and dangerously polluted stretches bordered by industrial development.
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- Cast:
- Garrison Keillor , Winona LaDuke
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An action-packed slog
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
... but it's entertaining. Roy Blount's sense of humor is sardonic and generally very dry -- unlike his subject, ba-DUM-bum! Some of the photography is absolutely gorgeous... until the Mighty Mississippi starts getting industrialized and heavily polluted, long about St. Louis. For those of us who live near-enough-to-be-interested, yet far-enough-not-to-see-it-regularly, it's a must-see documentary. Recommended!