Report from Sundance: Rutger Hauer rocks in Hobo with a Shotgun, says “Hi” to Eckerd College

We've been here in Park City a few days now, and my students are loving it. A highlight for them so far has been the wildly over-the-top Hobo with a Shotgun.

Here's what David Font had to say about it:

Most of the time, you can describe a film with one word. Not Hobo With A Shotgun. It’s seriously the sickest, most ridiculously brutal, and awesome film at Sundance by far.

You may not be able to guess the plot precisely from the title alone, but I’m pretty sure that whatever you imagine wouldn’t be too far from the actual truth. Basically if you take Batman and Mad Max, blend them together, you’ll have Hobo.

This article appears in Jan 20-26, 2011.