Felicia is joined by Marc Basque to discuss male bonding in the eyes of Kelly Reichardt’s Old Joy (2006).

We chat about the nature of a quiet road film and how Reichardt paces her stories. Along with the importance of the outdoors to characters with different life paths.

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Sources:
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6728-old-joy-northwest-passages

https://filmdaze.net/old-joy-the-nature-of-friendship/

https://www.zekefilm.org/2017/04/25/52filmsbywomen-old-joy/

https://www.cineaste.com/winter2006/old-joy-review

https://inreviewonline.com/2021/08/25/old-joy/

https://www.deepfocusreview.com/reviews/old-joy/

https://reverseshot.org/interviews/entry/804/kelly-reichardt

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/a-completely-false-security-an-interview-with-kelly-reichardt

https://filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/fall2006/features/sound_silence.php

https://brightlightsfilm.com/time-and-friendship-in-old-joy-kelly-reichardt-2006-or-how-we-age-with-film/

https://www.stopsmilingonline.com/story_detail.php?id=655%3E

Outro Song:
Carefree Highway by Gordon Lightfoot

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