On the Peripheries of the United States: Images of Oregon in Selected Films by Kelly Reichardt
Paweł Biliński
powetbiliziki@wp.plUniversity of Gdańsk (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4724-4542
Abstract
The article concerns the work of Kelly Reichardt – a film director who since 1995 is regarded as one of the most prominent representatives of American independent cinema. Starting with the observations of researchers theorizing landscape, the author analyses Reichardt’s approach to landscape as such and describes the vision of Oregon present in her work. The director’s statements cited in the article confirm the importance of meeting the writer Jonathan Raymond – the future screenwriter of the discussed productions. In their subsequent films – especially those that are at the centre of author’s interest (Old Joy /2006/, Meek’s Cutoff /2010/, First Cow /2019/) – not only did they look at Oregon, but also used the Pacific Northwest state’s locations to portray contemporary American country. In doing so, they used the poetics of slow cinema and conventions of the western genre.
Keywords:
Kelly Reichardt, landscape, Oregon, western, nomadismReferences
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Authors
Paweł Bilińskipowetbiliziki@wp.pl
University of Gdańsk Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4724-4542
Assistant Professor at the Film and Media Department at the University of Gdańsk. Author of the book on reflexivity in Polish cinema Kinematograf o sobie. Autotematyzm w polskim filmie fabularnym [The Cinematograph about Itself: Self-reflexivity in Polish Feature Film] (2021). In 2012-2019, he was responsible for film education at “Klub Żak” cultural centre. He was one of the founders and editors of the YouTube channel Amatorzy TV. He is a regular collaborator of Ekrany magazine. He co-edited the book Orson Welles. Twórczość – recepcja – dziedzictwo [Orson Welles: Creativity – Reception – Heritage] (2016). His essays and articles appeared, e.g., in Kwartalnik Filmowy, Studia Filmoznawcze, Bliza, Lampa, Panoptikum, EdukacjaFilmowa.pl, and in edited volumes.
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