Monte Hellman returned to feature films in 2010 with Road to Nowhere, a story about a young filmmaker, his new project and the mix of reality and fiction during shooting. Hellman featured 3 great films in his work, all watched by the two main characters – played by Tygh Runyan and Shannyn Sossamon. Above, the couple watch the final scene from Preston Sturges’ The Lady Eve (1941).
Later on the film, they watch the final scene from Víctor Erice’s El espíritu de la colmena (1973).
And the famous chess scene from Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957).
Scenes from Monte Hellman’s Road to Nowhere (2010).