Sundance 2011: The Oregonian – Review and Interview with Reeder and Pulsipher
Sunday, January 30, 2011 2:31PM - By Brendan Walsh
Well, it finally happened: I accidentally saw an art film at Sundance. Many people think that because a film is independently made, that it must be an art film. And sure, a lot of these films are finely crafted and contain a great deal of subtext, or stand as an allegory for one thing or another. But the majority of films we’ve seen at the festival have been straightforward narrative films with a more or less traditional style of storytelling. This is certainly not true of Calvin Lee Reeder’s The Oregonian. This demented collection of grotesque images and sounds, starring True Blood’s Lindsay Pulsipher, is one of this year’s most aggressively confrontational films. To find out more about one of the most difficult films to sit through at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, check out the rest of the review after the jump…
