The Art of the Oregon Trail
March 23, 2011
Kelly Reichardt’s forthcoming Meek’s Cutoff is a story of the Oregon Trail, the nineteenth century pioneer route whose fame has been eclipsed by the popular computer game that many children of the 80s, including me, remember fondly. The excellent trailer and poster for Reichardt’s film have steadily amplified my anticipation of the release date.
Reichardt and company are not the only artists trekking the trail for inspiration in the last few years; several songs from Midlake‘s 2007 album The Trials of Van Occupanther draw on both the historical trail and the video game to create a concept-album ode to the pioneer generations gone by.
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