Unheightened Moments (Diplom)
- Ambiguität und filmische Langsamkeit in Kelly Reichardts Meek's Cutoff (2010)
Author
Location, Date
Universität für angewandte Kunst in Wien, Wien, Österreich, 30 June 2018
Keywords
Filmanalyse, slow cinema, Kelly Reichardt
Text
The following paper is a text and context analysis of the feature film Meek’s Cutoff (USA, 2010) by Kelly Reichardt. The film was received as an Anti-Western and shows the journey of a group of settlers. The story takes place in 1845 and the settlers are travelling from North eastern America and are heading towards Oregon in the West. The cinematic form positions Meek’s Cutoff in the context of slow cinema. The contemporary phenomenon of deceleration is negotiated at the beginning of the paper with a focus on cinematic slowness. In terms of an analysis of cinematic language, the paper also deals with the representation of labour and exhaustion, the hierarchy of sounds, the depiction of landscape and an analysis of individual film characters. The feminist potential of Meek’s Cutoff has been discussed, based on selected scenes. In relation to the cinematic character of an indigenous man, the paper deals with stereotyping and othering. Theoretical, political and social context connected to the film are established through text analysis. (Autorenkurzreferat)
Language, Format, Material, Edition
German
Activity List
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- Gabriele Jutz - Supervisor (Graduate Thesis)
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Location
Address
- Universität für angewandte Kunst in Wien, Wien, Österreich
- Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2
- 1010 Wien
- Österreich