Yannis Mpoulmpoutzis This film is not just awful. It is an effort to give some messages that come from eastern religions, such as Indouisme or Theosophy. From 10 to 0 Rex is passing through some adventures that make him approach to something superior. In one of the last of his adventures, he meets an Indian who make him find a stone that speaks to him in order to learn well the environment. After that, he fells in ecstasy after smoking coyote smoke and tells Jonah's story. Before the last adventure, he is able to see many supernatural things and he can read with his eyes covered. All these give us the message that he obtains more skills. In the last scene, at the beach, he takes the last lesson: He has a conversation with the others, who can read his thoughts, and he learns how to do this. His girlfriend feels increasingly better and she seams bored from this, so she goes to kill herself. At the same time, Rex takes the lesson that nothing is important (he has a conversation where he tells his feelings and the other replies "and so what?"). So, although he watches his girlfriend running towards the sea to kill herself, he does nothing and he walks happy. The film ends in "0", where some eastern religions teach that each soul is going to conclude after it manages to become perfect. It starts from inferior kinds of life, such as stones and plants (and that's why Rex wants to know the environment and feels the stone who "talks" to him and, after a long travel through the ages and after many births as a superior existence, it concludes to 0.Excuse me for these observations but I feel responsible to mention them. The messages of the film are against the Christian Faith, where we see our Lord giving his own blood to save each one of us and where we listen that when we approach God, we approach to the other people. In addition the man who comes close to God gains a kind of joy of which he can never be bored or kill himself. The last one is a result of Devil's "advice". Moreover, each person is unique and he is going to live in the eternity. I think that the messages of the film where very obvious for someone who has studied the differences between Christianism and Indouisme and that's why I published them.Please, excuse me for my errors in English...

otherem101 Incredible film... funny, clever, challenging. Even though the film was made in the 80's, I found it relevant to our time. The acting is superb... some of the best I have seen from Peter Coyote and Danny Glover. The rest of the cast is amazing. One should watch this film more than once, as the first time, it may seem baffling, but when you see it more than once, it makes sense in a deep way. It's obvious that this film was a labor of love and commitment. I much prefer the title "Out" to "Deadly Drifter" (which, I understand, was not the original name -- "Out" was).If you enjoy a film that makes you, the viewer, work a bit, then this is one of these films. Don't be put off by other people's remarks. The work that you put into it is worth it -- I highly recommend it!!!

Dire Wolf Would be interesting to know if Peter Coyote and Ronald Sukenick were old friends. I'm wondering if Peter assisted Ronald in writing it. The movie contains many elements similar to what Peter experienced during his days in the 60's. To understand, read "Sleeping Where I Fall". How many movies/writers has Peter influenced and inspired to write of his, and others personal experiences from the 60's. Sometimes I wonder if Peter is trying to tell us something which he is unable to openly acknowledge. Is Peter telling us in a "code" what happened back then and that someday it will all come to light? Someday, maybe after his death, a manuscript will surface telling us what it was he was saying. The basic theme of being directed by a mysterious entity to commit acts reminds me of the Manson family. Peter, who was your Charlie? I think the movie is a cult classic. A brief glimpse into what many experienced in the 60's. Magic, wonder and a profound peek into the depth of being.

Jim Corveddu (PulpVideo) This appears to be an allegorical film about the stages many of the 60's radicals went through as they drifted into the 80's. At first, it was about destruction of the system and a creation of an "anti- system." They pass through various stages of identity as they try to find themselves, including Native American teachings and "new age" connections to whales and so forth. Finally, they end up with families and celebrating the Fourth of July on the beach.The stuff about reading minds, I think, is an allegory for how these people thought alike, or perhaps some tribute to Jung's "collective unconscious," or both.In the end, when Nixie/Dixie disappears into the ocean, I think what is being said is that these people were no longer unique (as radicals), but "disappeared" into the "ocean" of everyday people living everyday lives. The final images of the amusement park, then, may be allegory for the USA itself.The thing is, even though I think I understand what the film was trying to say, I still think it blows and that I wasted my time watching it. Thankfully, most people who will be duped into buying the DVD by Danny Glover's and Peter Coyote's pictures on the cover (as I did), will be getting it from the "bargain bin," and paying only a dollar or so for it. As for the 88 minutes spent watching it...