The gravelly, unmistakable voice of Bruce Dern grumbles over the opening images in the first clip ofBuck Alamo, an experimental drama from director Ben Epstein that has its world premiere Friday at the Oldenburg International Film Festival.
The Nebraska and The Hateful Eight star plays the incorporeal voice of Death, the ultimate Man in Black, in the feature, described as an "acid Western musical." In the clip (see below), Dern sounds like an avenging angel or old testament prophet promising the worst for the titular Buck Alamo, played by Sonny Carl Davis.
Buck is a country preacher who has lost his flock and is estranged from his daughter (Lorelei Linklater) but still holds out hope for redemption before his final showdown.
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