ReFocus: the Films of Kelly Reichardt |
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| Author:
| Hall, E. Dawn |
| Series title: | ReFocus Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4744-1112-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2018 |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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Over her six-film career, including works like Old Joy, Meek's Cutoff and Certain Women, the independent filmmaker Kelly Reichardt has established a highly individual perspective on questions of gender, feminism, socioeconomics and sexual orientation, set within an aesthetic framework that is guided by the low-budget techniques of 'slow cinema', minimalism and neorealism. In this close reading of her films and production methods, E. Dawn Hall defines Reichardt's auteur characteristics,...
More DescriptionOver her six-film career, including works like Old Joy, Meek's Cutoff and Certain Women, the independent filmmaker Kelly Reichardt has established a highly individual perspective on questions of gender, feminism, socioeconomics and sexual orientation, set within an aesthetic framework that is guided by the low-budget techniques of 'slow cinema', minimalism and neorealism. In this close reading of her films and production methods, E. Dawn Hall defines Reichardt's auteur characteristics, arguing that she offers a contemporary and sustainable model for independent filmmakers in America.