Sweetgrass
Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Ilisa Barbash / US, 2009 / 101 min.
Film making duo Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash immerse you in an overawing visual portrait of the cowboys who annually lead their sheep to the summer meadows of Montana, across mountain passes and along ravines. The animals come first.
A sheep farmer tosses newly born lambs into a mixing tub, like used rags. After the animals take their first steps the shepherds joke while they dock their tails: "Why are cowboy brains so smooth? Because they are seldom used". The tone has been set; Sweetgrass is no sentimental ode to the American west.
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Director
Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Ilisa Barbash
Production year
2009
Country
US
Original title
Sweetgrass
Length
101 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Paravel & Castaing-Taylor
Eye Filmmuseum presents Cosmic Realism, the first retrospective featuring the works of Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor. Trained as anthropologists, they merge anthropology, documentaries, and visual arts in their craft. The exhibition takes the viewer past seven immersive installations in which the development of the makers can be followed.
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