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- In 1853, the Elliott Cutoff was established, completing Meek's purpose by turning upstream at the Deschutes River for 30 miles (48 km) and then crossing the Cascade Mountains at Willamette Pass.
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Set in the 1840s, Kelly Reichardt’s film concerns a small party of families led by a hired guide named Stephen Meek (Bruce Greenwood), who has promised to take them on a time-saving “cutoff” to the end of the Oregon Trail.
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In this article, we will delve into the ending of “Meek’s Cutoff” and provide seven interesting facts to enhance your understanding of this captivating storyline. 1. The Ambiguous Ending: The film concludes with a lingering sense of uncertainty, as the fate of the characters remains unresolved.
Apr 19, 2011 · Unsatisfied by the film’s determinedly ambiguous ending, Brow Beat blogger Nina Rastogi sought out a translation of the Native American’s (unsubtitled) words in the film.
May 11, 2011 · The peeps of the caged bird become a mocking reminder of the domesticity they've left behind. "Meek's Cutoff" is more an experience than a story. It has personality conflicts, but isn't about them. The suspicions and angers of the group are essentially irrelevant to their overwhelming reality.
Meek argues that the man cannot be trusted, but the group by now have no confidence in Meek. Later, when Meek prepares to shoot the captive, Mrs. Tetherow intervenes. In the end, after the group encounters the positive sign of a tree, Meek submits to majority opinion.
Nov 9, 2011 · The search for water ended when Meek climbed Glass Butte and from there he could see Buck Creek 25 miles due north. The emigrants immediately left for Buck Creek but from this point on they were no longer following Meek.
Meek's Cutoff is assuredly that, riding a thin line between the intangibly graceful and the merely frustrating in its rejection of narrativity, extremely counter-dramatic even by the standards of director Kelly Reichardt's notoriously slow-moving, plotless features.
