It s both the scariest and most poetic film of the year. If meeks cutoff is every inch a western, its an artfilm mutant of the genre, inching along with intensely naturalistic obsession for detail that courts tedium even as it dares us not to pay. Meeks cutoff dvd deschutes public library bibliocommons. Apr 08, 2011 the first thing you see in meeks cutoff, after a handscrawled title card placing the action in the oregon territory in 1845, is a small group of settlers fording a river.
Meek s cutoff film, a 2010 film telling the story of the party blazing the trail this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title meek s cutoff. May 11, 2011 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. Michelle williams, bruce greenwood, will patton, paul dano, zoe kazan, shirley henderson, neal huff, tommy nelson. 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. Theyre the ones who have given movies like exit through the gift shop, bellflower, samsara, and meek s cutoff either theatrical or home video releases, and their latest film looks way more out there than those films.
A wagon train of three families has hired mountain man stephen meek to guide them over the cascade mountains. Meek s cutoff is assuredly that, riding a thin line between the intangibly graceful and the merely frustrating in its rejection of narrativity, extremely counterdramatic even by the standards of director kelly reichardt s notoriously slowmoving, plotless features. Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst, and their own lack of faith in each others. Meeks cutoff film, a 2010 film telling the story of the party blazing the trail. Find out where meeks cutoff is streaming, if meeks cutoff is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. Rent meeks cutoff 2011 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Kelly reichardt is an awardwinning filmmaker and screenwriter, and widely hailed as one of our most important contemporary filmmakers. Guided by mountain man stephen meek, they become lost and their faith in their guide, and in each other.
Lets discuss meeks cutoff 2010 i noticed there has been no discussion on meeks cutoff. In addition to new seasons of your favorite series, todd haynes gorgeous. Over the years from watching movie westerns, ive developed a composite image of wagon. In this verisimilitudinous world, they are more than capable of taking the reins, as we see when emily michelle williams proves herself a good shot with a. In 1845, the earliest days of the oregon trail, a wagon train of three families hires mountain man stephen meek to. Reichardt draws heavily on womens diaries from the period, and part of the films success. Theyre the ones who have given movies like exit through the gift shop, bellflower, samsara, and meeks cutoff either theatrical or home video releases, and their latest film looks way more out there than those films.
Settlers traveling through the oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions. Apr 08, 2011 meek s cutoff oscilloscope features is kelly reichardt s fifth feature film, and the third to receive any significant theatrical release. When their guide leads them astray, the expedition is forced to contend with the unforgiving conditions of the high plain desert. Find out where meek s cutoff is streaming, if meek s cutoff is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. The first thing you see in meeks cutoff, after a handscrawled title card placing the action in the oregon territory in 1845, is a small group of settlers fording a river. The journey was a particularly hard one, and many of the pioneers lost their lives. Last year, jonathan demme presented her debut feature, river of grass as part of his rarely seen cinema series. With old joy, wendy and lucy and meeks cutoff, director kelly reichardt has defined her own visual style, as spontaneous and naturalistic as it is carefully composed and framed. I finally got around to it today and it left me with so many question. It s the film meek s cutoff, and mountain man stephen meek bruce greenwood is the guide whose cutoff has landed the voyagers without water and no idea where to get it or to their destination, traversing the cascades.
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. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Start your free trial to watch meek s cutoff and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. 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. Both movies have many long stretches in which seemingly nothing happens, and that s also the case with meek s cutoff. Apr 14, 2011 meeks cutoff is also a road movie of sorts. Kelly reichardts last feature, 2008s wendy and lucy, simply and methodically follows a young woman whose life is dangling on a precipice. Meeks cutoff 2010 full hd movie download meeks cutoff 2010 online download and streaming hd quality click to download.
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. With michelle williams, bruce greenwood, paul dano 35mm. The travelers keep moving, and they keep searching for water, but the ultimate point of the movie isnt about finding water it s about the different sides of any story and how nothing is fixed or definite. Its both the scariest and most poetic film of the year. The film was shown in competition at the 67th venice international film festival. Apr 15, 2014 the year is 1845 and a wagon team of three families is setting off across the oregon desert. Watch meeks cutoff streaming online hulu free trial. Meeks cutoff director kelly reichardt says filming took. Over the coming days, lost in the heat, the settlers face hunger, thirst and a lack of faith in each persons instincts for survival. May, 2011 a western that strips away many of the genres populist conventions, meeks cutoff loosely adapts the story of stephen meek and the wagon trail he led into the oregon high desert that resulted in 23 deaths he judged it wholly successful. The year is 1845 and a wagon team of three families is setting off across the oregon desert. In meeks cutoff, the single indian allows an alternate meaning to emerge.
Apr 15, 2011 it s the oregon trail, 1845, and nothing much is happening to a lost wagon train of three families. Reichardts previous films were smallscale indie doodles slight exercises in atmosphere and introspection. Meek s cutoff is a 2010 american western film directed by kelly reichardt. Apr 08, 2011 the west wasnt all cowboys and indians and shootouts at the ok corral, insists meek s cutoff, a realistic slice of pioneer life that offers a disquieting alternative vision of america s most. Claiming to know a shortcut, meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. 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. Settlers traveling through the oregon desert in 1845. Meeks 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. Meek cutoff was a covered wagon road that branched off the oregon trail in northeastern oregon and was used as an alternate emigrant route to the willamette valley in the mid19th century. Both movies have many long stretches in which seemingly nothing happens, and thats also the case with meeks cutoff. Meeks cutoff does not dwell upon the failings of the men as much as it champions the virtues of the women, so often forgotten or reduced to less flattering archetypes in the western. Heres the trailer for joel potrykus the alchemist cookbook, a trippy. Oscilloscope laboratories is responsible for bringing some offbeat, strange movies to larger audiences.
Rent meeks cutoff 2011 starring michelle williams and bruce greenwood on dvd and bluray. 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. With michelle williams, bruce greenwood, paul dano, will patton. Alternate ending was formed when three friends realized they all shared a passion for movies. 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. Its been in my back catalogue since it came out and ive been delaying watching it for a long time. 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. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title meeks cutoff. Reichardts astonishing new film, meeks cutoff, broadens the scope and raises the stakes tenfold, expanding beautifully on the. Brooks geer ragen, author of the new book the meek cutoff will speak at the national historic oregon trail interpretive center on wednesday, august 21 at 1 p. A group of experts in all kinds of fields followed the trail as they could find it for two years. Its the oregon trail, 1845, and nothing much is happening to a lost wagon train of three families.
Our goal is to save you time and money by sharing our thoughts and recommendations on which movies to race to theaters for, which to. Sarah lecompte for immediate release 541 5198997 author of the meek cutoff to speak at trail center baker city, ore. Usa, geschichte, frauen, mythos, alltag unterrichtsfacher. Meeks cutoff full movie hd meeks cutoff full movie hd link in last page to watch or download movie. Neu im verleih filmtitel original filmtitel deutsch regisseure kontakt. Meeks cutoff 2010 full movie download full hd youtube. Like the feminist westerns i mentioned earlier, it is closely based on. Director kelly reichardt on meeks cutoff and making movies. Set in 1845, this drama follows a group of settlers as they embark on a punishing journey along the oregon trail. In meeks cutoffbased on a true storythree families are guided westbound by the crude, mythomaniac con man stephen meek, who seems to have led.
The maps, photos and diary entries from those pioneers are extraordinary. This is an ambitious period piece that nonetheless retains reichardts talent for capturing human. 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 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. Meek s cutoff could be the most understated, and historically accurate, horror film in history. Its this austere filmmakers first period piece and her. 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. Working on a richer and more intricate canvas than shes previously attempted, kelly reichardt has pulled off a rare thing with meeks cutoff a lowbudget period western with a. Tracing the oregon trails lost wagon train of 1845 as want to read. The travelers keep moving, and they keep searching for water, but the ultimate point of the movie isnt about finding water its about the different sides of any story and how nothing is fixed or definite. The west wasnt all cowboys and indians and shootouts at the ok corral, insists meeks cutoff, a realistic slice of pioneer life that offers a disquieting alternative vision of americas most.
The road was named for frontiersman stephen meek, who was hired to lead the first wagon train along it in 1845. Michelle williams in meeks cutoff oscilloscope pictures note. Meeks cutoff oscilloscope features is kelly reichardts fifth feature film, and the third to receive any significant theatrical release. 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. Claiming to know a shortcut, meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert. Meeks cutoff could be the most understated, and historically accurate, horror film in history. Its the film meeks cutoff, and mountain man stephen meek bruce greenwood is the guide whose cutoff has landed the voyagers without water and no idea where to get it or to their destination, traversing the cascades. Rent meek s cutoff 2011 starring michelle williams and bruce greenwood on dvd and bluray. As three families head west on the oregon trail in 1845, it soon becomes apparent that their guide, stephen meek, is lost and their lives are in danger from possible attack, exposure, and lack of water and food. A wagon train of three families including twotime academy award nominee michelle williams has hired mountain man stephen meek to guide them over the cascade mountains.
Director kelly reichardt on meeks cutoff and making. It s this austere filmmaker s first period piece and her. Meeks cutoff is, by her standards, far more eventful and covers a more hazardous journey that begins and ends in medias res. 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. Meeks cutoff is a 2010 american western film directed by kelly reichardt. Kelly is as thrilling a filmmaker as we have working today. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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