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Which is your favorite?

haven't seen any
4 (11.4%)
don't like any
1 (2.9%)
River of Grass
0 (0%)
Ode
0 (0%)
Then a Year
0 (0%)
Old Joy
2 (5.7%)
Wendy and Lucy
14 (40%)
Travis
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Meek's Cutoff
11 (31.4%)
Night Moves
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Certain Women
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First Cow
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Showing Up
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Author Topic: Reichardt, Kelly  (Read 6145 times)

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Reichardt, Kelly
« on: October 15, 2011, 09:38:54 PM »
"the main influence was just living in America and watching the divide between the rich and the poor grow so huge. It's hard to miss."

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Re: Reichardt, Kelly - Director's best
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2011, 09:47:48 PM »
Only seen two, but both are amazing,

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1) Wendy And Lucy
2) Old Joy

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Re: Reichardt, Kelly - Director's best
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2011, 09:51:21 PM »
Wendy & Lucy (A)
Meek's Cutoff (B)
Old Joy (B)

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Re: Reichardt, Kelly - Director's best
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2011, 09:57:54 PM »
1. Wendy and Lucy
2. Meek's Cutoff
3. First Cow
4. Showing Up

5. Old Joy
6. River of Grass
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Re: Reichardt, Kelly - Director's best
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2011, 10:59:31 PM »
Meek's Cutoff Kelly Reichardt, 2010

My quippy take on this was that it was like Chantal Akerman remaking Ford's Wagon Master. I don't know if that holds up, but the thought amused me. The aspect ratio doesn't bother me at all (why would it? I don't understand the gripes about it) and actually helps reinforce the idea that these people are being deprived the overall picture (their overall knowledge is limited). The story's about some white people trying to go to some place. They went off the path they were supposed to be on, thanks to Bruce Greenwood's Meek (all beard and epic stories about bears), and now appear to be lost. Then an Indian shows up. And the doubt sets in. Should they place their trust in the Indian, or should they continue to follow Meek's advice? The story is a deconstruction of the western, sure, with nothing but toil, work and drudgery - no heroics, no cowboys or hats as signifiers or anything. Just a series of tasks: feeding the horses, fixing the wheels, lowering the wagons down a hill (an incredibly tense scene that seems to go on forever, its importance highlighted through sheer duration - this is some life and death shit). Just some people walking. Exciting.
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Re: Reichardt, Kelly - Director's best
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2011, 11:03:05 PM »
Only seen Wendy And Lucy and Meek's Cutoff, and I am not a fan.

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Re: Reichardt, Kelly - Director's best
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2011, 11:08:14 PM »
I think Meek's Cutoff could have benefitted from being longer.

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Re: Reichardt, Kelly - Director's best
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2011, 11:14:32 PM »
1. Meek's Cutoff
2. Wendy & Lucy

Great and not bad.
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Re: Reichardt, Kelly - Director's best
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2011, 11:23:34 PM »
I actually didn't mind Wendy & Lucy and Old Joy, but disliked Meek's Cutoff sufficiently that I voted didn't like any out of spite.

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Re: Reichardt, Kelly - Director's best
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2011, 11:37:58 PM »
The aspect ratio doesn't bother me at all (why would it? I don't understand the gripes about it) and actually helps reinforce the idea that these people are being deprived the overall picture (their overall knowledge is limited).
Nor me and precisely.

 

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