Reichardts previous films were smallscale indie doodles slight exercises in atmosphere and introspection. In 1845, the earliest days of the oregon trail, a wagon train of three families hires mountain man stephen meek to guide them over the cascade mountains. The film is roughly based on a true incident, which created the alternative trail meek s cutoff, that runs from vale, oregon to the dalles at the columbia river. Jul 12, 2012 in kelly reichardts meeks cutoff the title seems to reference the abrupt ending the conclusion may have been dictated by budget. A braggart meets his match in a courageous woman in this period drama from independent filmmaker kelly reichardt. To set aside its many other accomplishments, meeks cutoff is the first film ive seen that evokes what must have been the reality of wagon trains to the west. Its a spare period piece about a band of pioneers lost in the wastelands of the oregon high desert. A horrible excuse of a movie to portray this as meeks cutoff. This is an ambitious period piece that nonetheless retains reichardts talent for capturing human.
Kelly reichardts frontier drama meeks cutoff opens in the year 1845, on the wideopen plains of oregon, where a wagon team of three families has set. Like the feminist westerns i mentioned earlier, it is closely based on. Even a low budget film could show the accurate history. The journey was a particularly hard one, and many of the pioneers lost their lives. In kelly reichardts meeks cutoff the title seems to reference the abrupt ending the conclusion may have been dictated by budget. Apr 14, 2011 kelly reichardt is a poet of american solitude. Meeks cutoff is an ambitious feat of visual storytelling thats alive to both its landscape and the actors who people it. Stephan meek, a fur trader, suggested avoiding the blue mountains because it was thought that the indians were murderous in that region. Meeks cutoff stands a little further back a century and a half, give or take. Simultaneously swelling is the whoosh of rushing water and jeff graces unnerving, anxious score, which sounds like strings on guitar played backwards.
A new trailer for director kelly reichardts western meeks cutoff has arrived. Last year, jonathan demme presented her debut feature, river of grass as part of his rarely seen cinema series. Before you see the first image of meeks cutoff, you hear the film. Over the coming days, lost in the heat, the settlers face hunger, thirst and a lack of faith in each persons instincts for survival. Apr 14, 2011 kelly reichardt s frontier drama meek s cutoff opens in the year 1845, on the wideopen plains of oregon, where a wagon team of three families has set out on a journey along the oregon trail. Nonton layarindo21 meeks cutoff 2010 film subtitle.
In old joy 2006, wendy and lucy 2008, and now in meeks cutoff, she portrays a nation full of quiet, almost traumatised seekers after a. Nonton meeks cutoff 2010 subtitle indonesia dan english. Meek s cutoff is a 2010 american western film directed by kelly reichardt. Its 1845, and stephen meek bruce greenwood is a boastful, roughhewn wilderness guide who has been hired by three families who want to start new lives on the other side of oregons cascade mountains. Jika link rusak atau tidak dapat di download mohon segera menghubugi admin di line. Rent meek s cutoff 2011 starring michelle williams and bruce greenwood on dvd and bluray. Settlers traveling through the oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions. Rent meeks cutoff 2011 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The three films form a loose trilogy in which the durable mythology of the west in the american. The film is a brilliant revision of the american western. Meeks cutoff represents a significant step forward for director kelly reichardt, a critical darling whose work to this point old joy, wendy and lucy ive faintly admired. Over the coming days, the emigrants must face the scourges of hunger. Claiming to know a short cut, meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage.
Over the years from watching movie westerns, ive developed a composite image of wagon. But the language is minimal including one use of the n word and one son of a bitch, as is the violence the worst incident takes place off screen. May 06, 2011 meeks cutoff stands a little further back a century and a half, give or take. It s both the scariest and most poetic film of the year. The thirsty settlers in meek s cutoff take a long walk to nowhere, and so will any viewer with the constitution to stay awake through director kelly reichardt s plodding, punishingly deliberate meditation on decisions and the weight of their consequences. Download film meeks cutoff 2010 klik tombol di bawah ini untuk pergi ke halaman website download film meeks cutoff 2010. Its both the scariest and most poetic film of the year. Based on diaries and contemporary accounts, meeks cutoff is the true story of a wagon train, led by a guide named stephen meek, that wandered around the oregon territory in the mid1800s. The thirsty settlers in meeks cutoff take a long walk to nowhere, and so will any viewer with the constitution to stay awake through director kelly reichardts plodding, punishingly deliberate meditation on decisions and the weight of their consequences.
With michelle williams, bruce greenwood, paul dano, will patton. They were grueling, dirty, thirsty, burning and freezing ordeals. I have not seen, in quite some time, a movie that has messed with my head as thoroughly as meek s cutoff has these past couple of days. Meeks cutoff director kelly reichardt says filming took. Something seemed off from the very earliest scenes of meeks cutoff, the western from the director kelly reichardt that opens friday at film forum and lincoln plaza cinemas and which. A horrible excuse of a movie to portray this as meek s cutoff. Apr 06, 2011 something seemed off from the very earliest scenes of meeks cutoff, the western from the director kelly reichardt that opens friday at film forum and lincoln plaza cinemas and which. Kelly reichardt is an awardwinning filmmaker and screenwriter, and widely hailed as one of our most important contemporary filmmakers. The road was named for frontiersman stephen meek, who was hired to lead the first wagon train along it in 1845. I find it difficult to watch a film portraying something historical, and completely destroying history in the process. It s 1845, and stephen meek bruce greenwood is a boastful, roughhewn wilderness guide who has been hired by three families who want to start new lives on the other side of oregon s cascade mountains. Forse non sara possibile che meeks cutoff venga apprezzato da tutti. When their guide leads them astray, the expedition is forced to contend with the unforgiving conditions of the high plain desert.
The first thing that bears mentioning with regards to meeks cutoff is the trailer and it does connect to the film in a very real way. The first film ive seen that evokes what must have been the reality of wagon trains to the west. Meek s cutoff follows a couple of families as they follow a man named meek who promised them he could get them to the mountains quicker then the trail. After watching the trailer youd get the sense that while this will be a dramatic western and one with a journey but itd be more uptempo. Meeks cutoff could be the most understated, and historically accurate, horror film in history. The films refusal to spectacularize the emigrants hardships, as well as the storys lack of a clear beginning or end, signal major difficulties driving this. The narrative of meeks cutoff is very simple, and as the tension gradually builds to an inevitable, presumably climatic, conclusion, i was thinking to myself. Feb 06, 2015 in 1845, the earliest days of the oregon trail, a wagon train of three families hires mountain man stephen meek to guide them over the cascade mountains. Set in 1845, this drama follows a group of settlers as they embark on a punishing journey along the oregon trail. An evenstar films, filmscience and harmonyprimitive nerd presentation. Settlers traveling through the oregon desert in 1845.
The film stars michelle williams and paul dano in a story about three families who become lost on the oregon trailer. To set aside its many other accomplishments, meek s cutoff is the first film ive seen that evokes what must have been the reality of wagon trains to the west. Meeks cutoff is, by her standards, far more eventful and covers a more hazardous journey that begins and ends in medias res. Claiming to know a shortcut, meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert. The film picks up and leaves off at seemingly random points, and it lacks anything like a traditional plot arc or story. A simple wikipedia search will show how inaccurate this movie is. The story is loosely based on a historical incident on the oregon trail in 1845, in which frontier guide stephen meek led a wagon train on an illfated journey through the oregon desert along the route later known as the meek cutoff in the.
April 8th, 2011 the year is 1845, the earliest days of the oregon trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man stephen meek to guide them over the cascade. Film program, meeks cutoff yale university art gallery. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. The film was shown in competition at the 67th venice international film festival. Meeks cutoff makes it clear that those earlier movies, in their way, were westerns too. I have not seen, in quite some time, a movie that has messed with my head as thoroughly as meeks cutoff has these past couple of days. Michelle williams stars in a bleak, enigmatic and masterful western about families on the oregon trail. Directed by kelly reichardt 2011 michelle williams family and two others toil across the 1840s west is their guide totally lost. Meek s cutoff is an ambitious feat of visual storytelling that s alive to both its landscape and the actors who people it. The narrative of meek s cutoff is very simple, and as the tension gradually builds to an inevitable, presumably climatic, conclusion, i was thinking to myself. Rent meeks cutoff 2011 starring michelle williams and bruce greenwood on dvd and bluray. Meek s cutoff could be the most understated, and historically accurate, horror film in history. The film is followed by a discussion with jonathan. The year is 1845, the earliest days of the oregon trail, and a wagon team of three families has hired the mountain man stephen meek to guide them over the cascade mountains.
Apr 08, 2011 meeks cutoff makes it clear that those earlier movies, in their way, were westerns too. Apr 16, 2011 meek s cutoff is, by her standards, far more eventful and covers a more hazardous journey that begins and ends in medias res. Meeks cutoff united states, 2011, 104 minutes, 35mm directed by kelly reichardt written by jonathan raymond a wagon team of three families lost on the oregon trail must confront their grim fate amid thirst, exhaustion, and an uncompromising terrain in a taut narrative that eschews hyperbole in favor of stark realism. Read the meeks cutoff movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on.
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