American South

Created December 2009

Does American cinema capture that elusive spirit of the American South? Who are the Jean Giono, Marcel Pagnol and the Fernandel of American cinema?

A tall tale from Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) Jon Avnet

“One time, there was this lake and it was right outside of town. We used to go fishin’ and swimmin’ and canoein’ in it, and this one November this flock o’ducks came in and landed on that lake, and uh the temperature dropped so fast that the lake froze right there and then the ducks, they flew off and took the lake with them and now they say that lake is over in...