River of Grass (1994)

A lost gun and a bored housewife feature in Kelly Reichardt’s bold 1994 debut.
This disarming first feature about a lost gun and a bored housewife who just can’t escape the Florida Everglades flips the Godard principle ‘all you need for a movie is a gun and a girl’ playfully on its head. More ragged and wilful than the films that follow, River of Grass presents a reversal of genre and gender tropes and love of landscape, signalling Reichardt’s ongoing preoccupations.
1994 USA
Directed by
Kelly Reichardt, Jesse Hartman
Produced by
Jesse Hartman, Kelly Reichardt
Written by
Kelly Reichardt, Jesse Hartman
Featuring
Lisa Bowman, Larry Fessenden, Dick Russell
Running time
75 minutes