International Lens Film Series
River of Grass
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, 7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Sarratt Cinema
2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240
Presented by Jesse Montgomery, graduate student in the department of English.
USA (1994) Dir. Kelly Reichardt. This darkly funny debut feature, brought the writer/director back to the setting of her adolescence, the suburban landscape of southern Florida, where she grew up with her detective father and narcotics agent mother. Shot on 16mm, the story follows the misadventures of disaffected house-wife, and an aimless layabout. Described by Reichardt as “a road movie without the road, a love story without the love, and a crime story without the crime,” the film introduced viewers to a director already in command of her craft and defining her signature style. English. 100 Minutes. Blu-ray.
Presented in collaboration with the Cinema and Media Arts Program.