To celebrate tomorrow’s UK release of First Cow, this profile of screenwriter and author Jon Raymond delves into his decades-long collaboration with Kelly Reichardt.
Kelly Reichardt Book: Roads to Nowhere
Excerpts from our latest ebook, Roads to nowhere: Kelly Reichardt's broken American dreams.
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Read the foreword on rogerebert.com here.
‘I don’t believe opposites attract’: Orion Lee on playing one half of First Cow‘s sweet friendship – an ebook preview
Actor Orion Lee discusses his affinities with his First Cow character King-Lu, and how we prepared to play the itinerant entrepreneur.
Playing Cookie Figowitz was ‘very liberating’ for John Magaro – an ebook preview
First Cow star John Magaro on the liberating experience of acting in a Kelly Reichardt film and how he got into character by cooking stews.
‘I feel lucky shooting these films’: Chris Blauvelt on shooting for Kelly Reichardt – an ebook preview
Cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt discusses his close collaboration with Kelly Reichardt on all her films since Meek’s Cutoff.
William Tyler on how improvisation led to the First Cow score – an ebook preview
First-time film composer William Tyler deconstructs the instruments and methods used to create First Cow’s gorgeous score.
Sound designer Leslie Shatz on Kelly Reichardt, town sounds, and misbehaving dogs – an ebook preview
Shatz chats about his collaboration with Kelly Reichardt and how they avoid making the “feel good movie of the year.”