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Old
joy
[videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Kelly Reichardt.
Kino International, c2007.
Call #:
DVD
OLD
Dra
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Description:
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Based on the story by Jon Raymond.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
Special features: Feature-length audio commentary by director Kelly Reichardt, cinematographer, Peter Sillen and filmmaker Michael Almereyda ; theatrical trailer ; a slide show of production stills.
Letterboxed (1.85:1) - enhanced for 16x9 TVs.
"Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival"--Container.
Home use only.
Closed-captioned.
Production:
Original music, Yo La Tengo ; produced by Lars Knudsen, Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Jay Van Hoy ; screenplay by Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt ; directed and edited by Kelly Reichardt.
Performers:
Will Oldham and Daniel London with Tanya Smith.
Summary:
"'A true American independent film' (Boston Globe), Kelly Reichardt's achingly exquisite
Old
Joy
has been hailed at film festivals worldwide for its unparalleled beauty, profound insight into the human condition and transcendent, meditative narrative, creating 'a shared adult experience of lost possibilities and present realities' (Entertainment Weekly). Based on Jonathan Raymond's short story and featuring a soundtrack from Yo La Tengo, Reichardt's second feature chronicles a short camping trip by two
old
friends to a quasi-mystical oasis, the Bagby Hot Springs, in Oregon's lush Cascade Mountains. The actors in this Cain-Abel story are Kurt (cult musician Will Oldham), a post-hippie with never-present promise; and Mark (Daniel London), the father-to-be, intent on putting the Kurt part of his life behind him, but also silently nostalgic for a more carefree, radical past. Far more than a lo-fi indie riff on Brokeback Mountain, the intricately layered
Old
Joy
is in part an elegy for the '70s American cinematic revolution -- with shades of Easy Rider and the Oregon-shot Five Easy Pieces -- but also fits square into the minimalism of present-day art house cinema. A gorgeous nature film,
Old
Joy
is sensatory and full of room for interpretation. Reichardt considers what it means to be free in Bush's America, throws two kinds of individual freedom together, watches the muted sparks fly and hopes for common ground, creating 'one of the finest American films of the year' (New York Times)."--Container.
Genre:
Buddy films.
Road films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Reichardt, Kelly.
London, Daniel, 1973-
Oldham, Will.
Yo La Tengo (Musical group)
Holds:
2
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Woodlawn Public Library
Adult Feature DVDs
DVD OLD Dra
Adult Dvds-7 Days-Adult Accompaniment
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