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Friday, Nov 12, 2010
7:00 PM
Old Joy
“A triumph of modesty and of seriousness that also happens to be one of the finest American films of the year,” wrote the New York Times about Reichardt's eye-opening second feature, set in the woods of the Pacific Northwest and paced to the region's quiet rhythms. Two old friends reunite for a weekend hiking trip, but find their lives may have already taken them in opposite directions: the job-holding, soon-to-be dad Mark (Daniel London) seems stable in both outlook and finances, whereas the mobility of the disheveled Kurt (indie singer Will Oldham) appears far more downward than upward. Through one atmospheric backpack ramble through the woods of Oregon's Cascade Mountains, Old Joy details how friendships-and people-change through the years, and explores the difficult process of growing older and growing up, while still holding on to one's friends. For the New York Times, Old Joy is “one of the most persuasive portraits of generational malaise-and tentative hope-to come from an American director in recent memory.”
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