michael polish hypnotic northfork be a film that will stay in one memory for quite a long time . this exquisitely crafted movie that michael and mark polish write and be visually one of the best thing that come out last year from the world of independent film . the movie be splendidly photograph by m. david mullen and with a haunting score by stuart matthewman . if you haven not see the film and perhaps you should stop reading here . the idea to set the film in montana be a great coup for the polish brother . never have the majestic view of the country and mountain be so vividly capture a in northfork . we do not need any color . the beauty be in the dark tone of the film that enhance the story of the desolation in this remote outpost . at the center of the story be irwin and the sick child under the care of the mysterious father harlan . this boy be see in his bed where the kind priest be administer the medicine for his body . but be he really there at all . we watch him interact with the odd group that we first encounter around the cemetery . there be two freshly open graf . will one of them be for irwin . at the same time and another plot line play parallel to this first theme . we see the six men in black that have come to the area in order to remove from the area a many people a they can . this will be the bed for the man make lake that will be create . their reward be one acre and a half of lake front property if they move a certain amount of people . the third story line center on the mystical group compose by flower hercules and cup of tea and cod and happy . they be follow a possibility of a link to an angel that have be injure in this area . when irwin meet them at the cemetery and he offer to help and only if they take him away at least a thousand mile from here . we watch a the quartet examine the feather the boy have place among the page of his bible . could irwin be that angel . the closing sequence show u all party leave northfork in different direction . the men in black rid their automobile and perhaps go home to enjoy the newly acquire property give to them a a reward . the mystical group be see board a plane and take off for a high place . we also realize that the child in father harlan and in spite of the medicine and the care he receive from the saintly figure and have die . michael polish get one of the best ensemble act from all the principal . nick nolte and a father harlan turn a low key performance in his portrayal of this kind man . james wood and a walter and one of the men work for the developer and do a fine job . the big surprise be duel farmer and who make an excellent impression a irwin . this child actor and with the right guidance and show great promise . the mystical group be brilliantly act by daryl hannah and robin sachs and ben foster and anthony edward and the man with the funny spectacle . peter coyote and mark polish and ben foster and and the rest of the cast be flawless under mr. polish direction . the beauty of the film relies in it simplicity . mr. polish vision will haunt one memory . the image of montana and a perhaps an unreal landscape be one of the best thing in american film in quite a while .