There are some interesting dramas coming out this Spring & Summer that have caught our eyes. One is the lovely & unsettling Meek's Cutoff about a family's journey on the Oregon Trail. I clearly remember playing "Oregon Trail" in Social Studies class back in the '80s. It was always a nice change from sitting at my desk & taking notes, but somehow I doubt that my experience sitting on a hard resin chair next to 3 of my classmates squinting at a small black & white screen was particularly authentic. Meek's Cutoff looks like the kind of drama that could bring the danger of that journey to life the way my pixelated gravestone never did.
One interesting detail is that the film was shot in 4:3 aspect ratio (nearly square) rather than 16:9 (widescreen,) the format that gives us our name. This begs the question; if we were to show this film, would we have to change our name for the run of the film?
-Phoebe
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