Kelly Reichardt: Working Against the Grain

Born in 1964 in Florida, Kelly Reichardt has slowly but surely established herself as a major force in contemporary cinema, even as her films have almost no mainstream distribution, and she is thus forced to continually work with miniscule budgets from one film to the next. Almost immediately, Reich...

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Published in:Quarterly review of film and video 2016-10, Vol.33 (7), p.620-629
Main Author: Dixon, Wheeler Winston
Format: Article
Language:English
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Motion picture directors & producers
Motion pictures
Reichardt, Kelly
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Summary:Born in 1964 in Florida, Kelly Reichardt has slowly but surely established herself as a major force in contemporary cinema, even as her films have almost no mainstream distribution, and she is thus forced to continually work with miniscule budgets from one film to the next. Almost immediately, Reichardt was struck by the meditational tone of the films and filmmakers whom she really admired, especially Robert Bresson. From the start, Reichardt wanted to strip film down to its essentials, to make films that were designed to please herself alone, rather than aiming for a mass audience.
ISSN:1050-9208
1543-5326
DOI:10.1080/10509208.2016.1191902