Mountain View

Story

Synopsis

A dance drama work that, through movement and very little spoken text, details the interaction of several people residing at or visiting a motel or motor inn named Mountain View. The work spans a period of about 24 hours, following the individuals through late afternoon, an evening spent in the motel bar, and a picnic-style social gathering the next day. Some of the characters encountered are the family who runs the motel (a mother, her young adult son, and an older man, perhaps her father); a spunky, tomboyish girl; an interracial couple lodging at the motel; a young mother; a pair of newlyweds; a barfly; three people involved in a love triangle; and the punkish friends of the motel owner's son.

Directors

Marta Renzi, John Sayles

Language

English

Release date

7 August 1989

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Jane Alexander

  Bartender

• 

  Jace Alexander

  Son

• Thomas Eldred

  Old Man

• Fred Holland

  Couple on porch

• 

  Mary Shultz

  Couple on porch

• Jim Desmond

  Barfly

• Marta Jo Miller

  Young mother

• Christine Philion

  Newlywed

• Nathaniel E. Lee

  Newlywed

• Cathy Zimmerman

  Couple in truck

• Thomas Grunewald

  Couple in truck

• Marta Renzi

  Other woman