I’ve become quite a fan of modern Westerns recently and have
really enjoyed the likes of The
Assassination of Jesse James, There
Will Be Blood and True Grit
amongst others. Meek’s Cutoff shares
little with those films though other than its time in history and genre. This
is a film about the isolation of the old west and the physical and mental pain
that one must go through in order to continue the expansion west. Unlike most
other Westerns, this is also told from mostly the female perspective.
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Saturday 14 July 2012
Meek's Cutoff
In 1845 a small band of settlers travel across the Oregon Desert
under the guidance of Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood). What was meant to be a
two week journey is stretched to five as the group begin to wonder if Meek
actually knows the way. With food and water scarce and tensions running high,
the settlers’ chance upon a local native, capture him and attempt to get him to
lead them to water. Will they find it? Will he actually lead them to it? And,
will they ever make it across the desert?
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