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Meek's Cutoff [Blu-ray] [2010] [US Import]

Will Patton , Bruce Greenwood , Kelly Reichardt    Blu-ray
2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Will Patton, Bruce Greenwood
  • Directors: Kelly Reichardt
  • Format: AC-3, Colour, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Oscilloscope
  • DVD Release Date: 13 Sep 2011
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00579YI1G
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 134,540 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Kelly Reichardt's fourth feature, and the third to take place in the Pacific Northwest, arrives in the guise of a Western. On the Oregon Trail in 1845, three couples travel in covered wagons with slippery guide Stephen Meek (an unrecognizable Bruce Greenwood), but days pass, and water remains elusive. Emily (Michelle Williams, who anchored Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy) laments that "he's gotten in over his head." Meek insists that relief lies around the next ridge, but that's never the case, until an alkaline lake appears. Unfortunately, it's unsuitable for drinking, so they push on. About Meek, Emily's husband (Will Patton) wonders, "Is he ignorant or is he just plain evil?" (The fine cast also includes Zoe Kazan, Paul Dano, Shirley Henderson, Neal Huff, and Tommy Nelson.) The group's bond frays further when a Cayuse Indian (Ron Rondeaux) locks them in his sights. Meek attempts to squeeze information out of him, but he doesn't understand English. On the assumption that he's equally lost and scared, Emily tries to gain his trust by sharing food and mending a moccasin, but he keeps his distance, leading to a showdown with an unexpected result (and one of Williams's finer performances). Always attuned to the rhythms of nature, Reichardt has produced a meditative take on the genre that feels more enigmatic than most--with the possible exception of Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man--even if the period details always look right. With her focus on faded calico dresses and vast aquamarine skies, Meek's Cutoff offers a beautiful vision of harsh times. --Kathleen C. Fennessy


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43 of 50 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Western B movie through a modern Indie filter 30 May 2011
Format:DVD
This won't be to everyone's taste. Slow burning and bleak but if you're willing to submit to it, very absorbing with a subtle power all of it's own.

No revenge type plot common to many westerns, this is a window on a moment in history and the people therein. The premise is simple enough ; a small wagon trail lost on the barren plains in an increasingly desperate search to find water.

Natural and realistic in it's tone, more like a social drama with a refreshing but substantial emphasis on the female point of view. There is also a delicate, almost eerie edge that builds gradually, spell-like, throughout the film. Ultra authentic with great attention to the details of wagon life. The actors were even forbidden from washing their clothes.

The direction is handled with great precision, but not obviously so. We are teased at times, eavesdropping on mumbled conversations during times of panic. We are made to feel helpless as their helplessness becomes apparent. Plenty of time and space are given for the characters and for the situation to develop. There is evidently a great respect for the subject.

Despite being set on the vast plains, there is a real sense of claustrophobia which creates emphasis on the characters and their predicament. The film therein resembles great intense single situation movies, such as Sidney Lumet's 'Twelve Angry Men', Polanski's 'Knife in the water' and certainly 'The Blair Witch Project'. At times it does feel more like a subtle, psychological horror film than a western, though the menace is entirely unseen. Unlike most westerns, it is shot in tv style 4:3 ratio as opposed to panoramic widescreen, thus emphasising characters and emotion with little relief from scenic splendour.

Overall it is a small, brave and highly effective film, superbly handled with a atmosphere that lingers long in the mind. It has a unique and welcome place in the history of the western. Just make sure you have a bottle of water handy when you watch it.
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22 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Astonishing film 2 Aug 2011
Format:DVD
This is my favourite film of 2011 so far (along with Malick's Tree of Life).

It's a strange film - a slow-burning, mesmerising, almost hypnotic depiction of a group of travellers lost on the Oregon Trail. Led by Stephen Meek, the group has taken a short-cut and lost their way in dry, inhospitable country. Low on water and losing confidence in their apparently incompetent guide, they stumble from setback to setback in what seems like a grueling, agonisingly slow trek towards death.

While the whole cast is superb, Michelle William performance as Emily Tetherow, the one person holding the tenuous group together, is outstanding. As the social cohesion in the group begins to unravel, Emily's toughness, resilience and fortitude seems to provide the only hope.

Beware though. This is a very slow moving film. There is little plot and little action. Those expecting a Western romp with gun-slinging and whiskey drinking will be sorely disappointed.

Another thing to be aware of is the aspect ratio. When I saw the film in the cinema, it was projected in Academy frame ratio (1:33-1) making the film look deliberately old-fashioned. At first I wondered about this. Why would the director choose to make an almost square framed film rather than a wide-screen film, which would at first seem perfectly suited to the beautiful landscape. I think therein lies the reason. By shooting in a square format, the viewer is not distracted by the country; attention if focussed firmly on the characters themselves, their faces, their reactions.

Overall, I loved this film and can't wait for the DVD release.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good 9 Feb 2013
By sarah w
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I got this dvd for my dads xmas and he really liked it. He said he would recommend this film.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars Meeks Cutoff.
6mins before the 1st Audible voice is heard.....another 24mins before the 1st conversation takes place and the Wagon Train consisting of 3 Wagons soon ends up being only... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Big D
5.0 out of 5 stars All of America in three covered wagons...
This film is about modern America as much as it is about its beginnings and it cracks the myth of the heroic pioneer. Read more
Published 4 months ago by G. Phillips
4.0 out of 5 stars A Stark Study Of The American West
Kelly Reichardt's 2010 film provides an unusual take on the traditional Western tale of gun-toting cowboys and indians, instead providing a more studied depiction of a group of... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Keith M
1.0 out of 5 stars Worst western I've ever had the misfortune to see
I recently saw this film on TV. When I heard it described as a "Art House Movie" I should have known what to expect having previously seen "The Assassination of Jesse James by the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Peter J. Bellamy
4.0 out of 5 stars Dreamlike
This is a film where the devil is in the detail. There can't be many westerns that so effectively convey the hardship, tedium and unrelenting tension of migrating across the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by The Whisper
2.0 out of 5 stars Not a true representation of life on the trail.
I am a pasionate traveller of the Oregan Trail having travelled it many times (8) from Independence Mo to Oregon City Oregon. Read more
Published 13 months ago by RAFJOHN
1.0 out of 5 stars PAINFUL
A movie about a small group of immigrants on the Oregon trail; the costume and characters looked and sounded right ... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Colin Powis
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting journey, but a cheat of an ending
This film had me mesmerized for about 92 of its 96 minutes. Yes, it's slow. Monotonous squeaking wagon wheel, relentless wind, clothing getting dirtier by the minute. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Dr. K. E. Patrick
4.0 out of 5 stars Towards civilisation - was it?
All you may not have read about The Trail....the drained colour, the monotony, the lurching uncertainty, the continual challenge to trust and to think logically in movement which... Read more
Published 14 months ago by TdeL
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
This film was not nearly as good as I had anticipated.
Sound quality is unclear for the first 30 minutes.
Published 14 months ago by E. Ross
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