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October 15, 2006
Will Oldham Stars In New Film
Louisville-based musician Will Oldham (Palace Music, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Palace Brothers) has a starring role opposite Daniel London in a new film by Kelly Reichardt.
OLD JOY is the story of two old friends, Kurt (Will Oldham) and Mark (Daniel London), who reunite for a weekend camping trip in the Cascade mountain range east of Portland, Oregon. OLD JOY is a minimalist story of friendship, loss and alienation in the Bush era. For Mark, the weekend outing offers a respite from the pressure of his imminent fatherhood; for Kurt, it is part of a long series of carefree adventures. As the hours progress and the landscape evolves, the twin seekers move through a range of subtle emotions, enacting a pilgrimage of mutual confusion, sudden insight, and recurring intimations of spiritual battle. When they arrive at their final destination, a hot spring in an old growth forest, they must either confront the divergent paths they have taken, or somehow transcend their growing tensions in an act of forgiveness and mourning.
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It also has an original soundtrack by Yo La Tengo. Hopefully I'll get to catch this in Berkeley, CA later this month. Here is the trailer:
| By Joshua Daniels | 10:37 AM