Comments on: Kelly Reichardt, "Wendy and Lucy" (2008). http://filmeyeballsbrain.com/2009/02/15/kelly-reichardt-wendy-and-lucy-2008/ Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:14:43 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jayclops http://filmeyeballsbrain.com/2009/02/15/kelly-reichardt-wendy-and-lucy-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Jayclops Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:50:52 +0000 http://filmeyeballsbrain.wordpress.com/?p=510#comment-67 If Slumdog was about hope and hopefulness, then, Wendy and Lucy is perhaps about the hopelessness and uncertainty. There are two great scenes that I really like: when Wendy is awaken by a stranger, we see her close-up face full of fear and then she breaks down in a comfort room. The film does not make us judge Wendy but rather invites us to ask, what if we were in her situation? It's certainly something we wouldn't want to be in the first place. If Slumdog was about hope and hopefulness, then, Wendy and Lucy is perhaps about the hopelessness and uncertainty. There are two great scenes that I really like: when Wendy is awaken by a stranger, we see her close-up face full of fear and then she breaks down in a comfort room. The film does not make us judge Wendy but rather invites us to ask, what if we were in her situation? It’s certainly something we wouldn’t want to be in the first place.

]]> By: B. Vergara http://filmeyeballsbrain.com/2009/02/15/kelly-reichardt-wendy-and-lucy-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-66 B. Vergara Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:14:32 +0000 http://filmeyeballsbrain.wordpress.com/?p=510#comment-66 Do blog about it, Valerie! I did read somewhere that Reichardt told Williams to watch Bresson's "Mouchette" (which is why I was inspired to pull it out and watch it again the other day) in preparation for her performance -- which I figure is more affectless than anything. Do blog about it, Valerie!

I did read somewhere that Reichardt told Williams to watch Bresson’s “Mouchette” (which is why I was inspired to pull it out and watch it again the other day) in preparation for her performance — which I figure is more affectless than anything.

]]> By: valeriesoe http://filmeyeballsbrain.com/2009/02/15/kelly-reichardt-wendy-and-lucy-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-65 valeriesoe Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:51:35 +0000 http://filmeyeballsbrain.wordpress.com/?p=510#comment-65 Hey Sunny, The film is also very angry, if you ask me. Wendy projects not despair or sorrow so much as a hopeless rage that's very punk rock (in the old-school sense, not the Green Day sense). It has a lot of that sensibility's nihilism, even though Wendy never lets loose with any overtly pissed-off expressions of it. If I ever blog about it I can expound further. Until then, great review. v. Hey Sunny,
The film is also very angry, if you ask me. Wendy projects not despair or sorrow so much as a hopeless rage that’s very punk rock (in the old-school sense, not the Green Day sense). It has a lot of that sensibility’s nihilism, even though Wendy never lets loose with any overtly pissed-off expressions of it. If I ever blog about it I can expound further. Until then, great review.

v.

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