Long Gone
Documentary (90 min.)

Long Gone follows the lives of six tramps for five years, men and women who have chosen to travel wherever the railroad goes, instead of life in mainstream society.
They are drifters, hobos and tramps, moving through the country's heartland, a fiercely independent, floating population. Long Gone allows the tramps to tell their own stories, captures this microcosm with startlingly beautiful photography, seamless storytelling and original music by Tom Waits. Theirs is an anachronistic world of anarchy and hard-won survival. New York Slim is our articulate narrator, the unifying hub between the characters, well-loved and respected by young and old riders alike. From a world-weary Vietnam vet to a middle-class, adolescent girl, Long Gone enters the private lives of its subjects. We witness birth, death, addiction, violence and redemption. Chased by the law, troubled by uncertain futures and mysterious pasts, some die, some marry, some leave, most cannot.
Slamdance & Berlin Film Festivals, 2003.


2003 Sundance Film Festival
2003 Berlin Film Festival