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Ultimate Guide To Kelly Reichardt And Her Directing Techniques
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As a filmmaker born and raised in Portland, Oregon, I naturally feel a kinship to its homegrown film scene— one that’s been infused from the start by a freewheeling DIY spirit. The first ten years of my active filmmaking life were spent on reckless, ragged guerrilla shoots with close friends and like-minded artists, inspired by the dogged independence of such local cinema luminaries as Gus Van Sant or Todd Haynes as well as the rugged eccentricity of Portland itself.
Far from the watchful eyes of “The Industry”, we were truly free to make our shoestring epics and weirdo passion pieces. In the years since moving to LA, however, I’ve had to watch from afar as that eccentric hipster independence — the sort that fueled the bumper sticker mantra “Keep Portland Weird” — was co-opted, commodified, and trivialized by local-adjacents, if not outright outsiders.
Shows like “PORTLANDIA” and now “SHRILL” would use Portland as a backdrop to satirize the broader hipster culture that pervaded other, larger communities like Austin or Brooklyn, but in the process, would also conflate the Rose City itself with a patronizing, cartoonish you reductive character that utterly negates the vibrant sp
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15 Most Patriotic Movies Ever Made in America
America is a massive country, spanning not just geography but generations of shifting ideals, contradictions, and cultural identities. What it means to be American—and by extension, what it means to be patriotic—has never been a single, fixed idea. Patriotism can be found in triumphant stories of heroism, in quiet acts of resilience, in sharp critiques of injustice, and in deep meditations on what this country gets right and what it still struggles with. Cinema has long reflected these tensions, offering portraits of American life that range from inspiring to unsettling, but always deeply engaged with the idea of this nation and its people.
Each of the films on this list, produced and made in America by American filmmakers, explores a facet of patriotism in its own way. Some celebrate the country’s highest ideals, while others challenge its failures—yet all embody a belief in the power of storytelling to grapple with what America is and what it could be.
From the high-flying bravado of Top Gun to the quiet, realism of Wendy and Lucy, these films capture the spirit of a country that is constantly in conversation with itself. Whether through historical reflection, personal struggle, or institutional critique, they remind us th
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