Tension In Lone Star

The film Lone Star (1996) directed by John Sayles is controversial. It’s one of few films that you the audience have to pay close attention to the plot. In trying to solve the murder mystery of Charlie Wade there is a lot of discovering interpersonal and interracial tensions in Rio County, Texas throughout the whole investigation. The local sheriff Sam Deeds is the man for the job in starting to investigate the forty-year-old skeleton that was found in the desert by accident as two men were looking for old bullets to make art. As the investigation gets deeper into the town’s dark secrets, Sam learns a lot more about his own father and his legacy as Buddy Deeds the sheriff. His father replaced Charlie Wade the corrupt sheriff. As Sam is trying to put every piece of the puzzle into place surrounding the mystery corpse, he also tries to rekindle his old high school romance with Pilar Cruz. …show more content…
The two were tightly woven into the plot of the film to end with a dramatic ending. Sayles was able to create the film with many different subplots. It truly is a film that keeps you on the edge of your seat. The film leaves the audience with numerous questions unanswered. Sayles seems to suggest that in having different races there can be a lot of chaos but no explanation why. Furthermore, one big question that is left to fill in the blanks by the audience is why are there a lot misinterpretation and troubled relationships among racial and ethnic groups throughout the film? All the different factors that go in to place in creating hate towards one another. The stereotyping that is constructed between majority and minorities. The reasons behind why stereotype is created. The process in how stereotyping is passed down from one person to