RIVER OF GRASS, KelIy Reichardt s darkly funny debut feature, newly restored in 2K high definition, brought the writer/director back to the setting of her adolescence, the suburban landscape of southern Florida. Shot on 16mm, the story follows the misadventures of disaffected house-wife and mom Cozy, pIayed by Lisa Bowman, and the aimIess layabout Lee, pIayed by up-and-comer Larry Fessenden, whose drunken fIirtation one fateful night sends their Iives into a tailspin. Described by Reichardt as a road movie without the road, a Iove story without the Iove, and a crime story without the crime, RIVER OF GRASS introduced viewers to a breakout director defining her signature style. Reichardt went on to direct the award-winning and criticalIy acclaimed films OLD JOY (2006), WENDY AND LUCY (2008), MEEK S CUTOFF (2010), and NlGHT MOVES (2013). |