MEEK'S CUTOFF, the new Kelly Reichardt western w/ Michelle Williams in a bonnet with a shotgun

is there a new thread?

now there is.

Kelly Reichardt's NIGHT MOVES, an ecoterror drama w/ Eisenberg, Sarsgaard, a Fanning

I really don't think she was reverential of the West at all; in fact it felt like such a subversion of what one expects of a "Western." Methodical and thoughtful instead of loud and chaotic, boxed-in and paranoid instead of grand and galloping, focused on the "mundane" (shots of washing clothes or making bread or collecting firewood; y'know, everyday survival things) instead of the dramatic (shooting guns and arrows flying and high noon showdowns etc). Feminist no duh, you could already tell that by the awesome poster, but Reichardt's commitment to it while pulling off a fascinating no-bullshit narrative is something commendable. I can't think of very many American directors who could've pulled this off.

― trippin lookin at my portfolio (billy), Monday, May 16, 2011 10:27 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

saw this over the weekend, this post otm! still though even though i thought it was good i think it could've been much longer and more developed than it was. apart from michelle williams' character, her husband, and stephen meek i felt like i knew nothing about these characters. meek could've been fleshed out a LOT more imo, really all of them could have.

also kind of feel like it says something about my age and generation but i kept thinking about that goddamned "oregon trail" computer game that i played on a macintosh in the mid-90s

old joy on the other hand i felt was just right, didn't need to be any heavier than what was showed in the film