One interesting factor of Kelly Reichardt's films is that she's certainly linked to the weird and wonderful world of indie rock. Old Joy starred fascinating troubadour Will Oldham, whose lengthy career has been all over the place in fascinating ways, ranging from starring in a John Sayles film, Matewan, to recording a terrifying, dark album, I See A Darkness, and having Johnny Cash cover the title song, to discovering harpist genius Joanna Newsom. That's not even the half of it. Here's what Reichardt had to say about Oldham:

Tribeca Film: It seems you are drawn to musical people. Can you talk about their connections to Wendy and Lucy? Let’s start with Will Oldham. He did the music for Ode in what, 1999?

KR: 1998, I think. Will and I had a mutual friend named Alan Licht, a guitar player. Remember Tonic [a bar that used to be on the Lower East Side]? They used to have a film series night, and Will and Alan programmed River of Grass [Reichardt’s first film]. I met him then, and he was really obsessed with Miami, where I’m from, and we’ve been friends ever since.
 
He was involved with Old Joy for a long time before we shot—back when it was an early idea I had, I talked to him for a long time about it. At first, with Wendy and Lucy, he wasn’t going to do it. He was going to take a year off, but at the last minute, I rallied him to come down.
 
Tribeca Film: Do you think you are naturally drawn to musicians?

KR: I worked for a [musical] booking agent for many years, including while I was making films. We booked bands like Yo La Tengo and Sonic Youth—I used to housesit for those people. It’s a small world. Anyway, the music and film worlds have collided over the last ten years.

Wendy and Lucy star Michelle Williams also has connections to the music world. In 2004, The Comas released an album called Conductor, a break-up album about lead singer Andy Herod's relationship with Williams. The breakup had to have been fairly amicable, however, as Williams starred in a series of videos for the album. The best song on the album is certainly about Ms. Jen Lindley, "Tonight on the WB," with the lyrics "We love it when you fall apart/ You turn it into higher art/ We see it in your eyes but your lips never part/ You're a star!"