MAGNET/MAGNOLIA present A TONY STONE FILM
SEVERED WAYS: THE NORSE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
soundtrack featuring MORBID ANGEL - POPOL VUH
BURZUM - DIMMU BORGIR - OLD MAN’S CHILD
BRIAN ENO - QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
and JUDAS PRIEST.
Angelika Film Center March 13-19.
12, 2:30, 5, 7:35, 10
12:30am Fr/Sat

In the 11th century, Vikings, Indians, and Irish monks collide on the shores of
North America in a historical epic adventure of exploration, personal glory, and
religious dominance. Abandoned by a Western exploration party and stranded in the
New World, two lone Vikings wade through a grand primeval landscape,
struggling for survival while still in the grip of their Norse ways

"Severed Ways is a thrilling concurrence of oppositions, its disparate
and unique blend of elements working together in constantly
unexpected ways. Its primal, rustic story is set to a soundtrack of
everything from Norwegian black metal to Brian Eno, while the
camerawork encompasses both classical compositions and stylized
digital techniques. It gives nods to filmmakers from Dreyer to
Bergman to Herzog, while updating the subtitles for its Vikings’ 11th
century dialogue to colloquial English. (“If we stay here, we’re
toast.”) It is somehow both deeply serious and strangely silly. First-
time director Tony Stone has created a film that is steeped in cinema
history and completely original, both timeless and thoroughly modern."
-Rachel Rosen, LA Film Festival


"'SEVERED WAYS' IS A VISIONARY WORK from one of the most promising new American narrative filmmakers in recent years." — Indiewire

"SOME OF THE RAWEST, MOST REALISTIC, DEEPLY PERSONAL INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING I HAVE EVER SEEN. It completely encompasses the true metal spirit." — All Metal Resource

"A MUST SEE" — LA Weekly