old joy

“Sorrow is nothing but worn out joy.”

“Well you’re my friend
(That’s what you told me)
And can you see
(What’s inside of me)
Many times we’ve been out drinking
Many times we’ve shared our thoughts
But did you ever, ever notice
The kind of thoughts I got
Well you know I have a love
A love for everyone I know
And you know I have a drive
To live, I won’t let go
Could you see its opposition
Comes rising up sometimes
That its dreadful anteposition
Comes blacking in my mind
And that I see a darkness”

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film · kelly reichardt's 2006 film old joy, chronicles two old friends' feelings of alienation and detachment that surface over a weekend camping trip in mountainous oregon.

paintings · mark rothko, who spent his adolescence in oregon, portrays these same feelings of alienation in his later color field paintings.

music · yoni wolf as why? uses dialogue from our film as a sample in the outro of this song, the fall of mr. fifths.

words i · by jonathan raymond from our film in a moment of self-reflection and realization between our two friends.

photos · these photographs were taken by justine kurkland and accompany the short story that our film is adapted from.

words II · as the co-star in our film, bonnie "prince" billy's real-life persona shines through. these lyrics to his 1999 song i see a darkness are apt.