First Cow (Kelly Reichardt, 2019, A24) Movie • Page 2

can't wait to watch this

 

The captions for this are insanely fucked up on prime FYI. Looks like it’s trying to put the entire screenplay up at once and the app cannot handle it.

 

Goddamn. Absolutely loved this. Favorite moovie(sorry) of the year so far.

 

man....

 

film of the year

 

Stunning. By a considerable margin the most masterful work I’ve seen this year. A gulf. Every frame.

 

Excited to watch this

 

wow

 

This was good.

 

I went to the pound yesterday to look for a dog and I recognized that kinship you can feel with an animal that is unlike anything you have with a person, except maybe with an infant. Like Au Hasard Balthazar, the greatest film ever made, this film looks at the bond between human and beast that is very rarely successfully expressed in film. We know that they will never really understand us and we know that they will never grow the way a child does, but it is an uncomplicated love that can be welcoming in comparison to our messy and complicated human relationships. The rich and the wealthy only look upon these animals as a means to an end, but those that are struggling understand them because they too are being exploited for their labor.

The structure of the film is also a good example in how the fear of spoilers misses the point of engaging stories. Reichardt tells you the ending in the first few minutes and you spend the rest of the film getting to enjoy the little moments.

 

you can rent this for $6 on mubi, $5 if you’re already a member

 

You can rent this for $5-6 anywhere you can rent digitally. This one wasn’t a PVOD

 

This was a beautiful film. It's almost groundbreaking how quiet it is. It feels like one of the best movies I've seen in a while, but I can't even fully put my finger on why. John Magaro's performance in this thing is also amazing... one of my favorite performances in a while.

My buddy and I couldn't get over how much simpler and how much more complex times were back then. This movie did a fantastic job showing the mundane aspects of frontier life like nothing I've seen.

 

This was absolutely wonderful. One of the best movies I’ve seen in ages and up there with Reichardt’s best.

 

99 cents on itunes this week

 

Take advantage of that! This movie rules

 

Finally saw this, I completely forgot about it until a friend mentioned it recently. Haven’t felt totally captivated like that for the entire duration of a film in a long while, really incredible stuff.

 

This was fantastic. The film brings you right into a time 200 years ago when things moved as fast as they could. Which is to say the world moved very, very slowly. Still, fortunes can change in an instant with the decision to steal and the relative fortune that comes with it or at the snap of a tree branch.

Still, the heart of the film is the bond between Cookie and Lu. It is such a delight to watch. Throughout the film we see them separated in the frame as their relationship is developing and the two seem to have contrasting visions, but as they leave the house and make their escape we see them together through the window in the house with their bond and fate together seemlying sealed. And the contrast between them and the naive chief (brilliantly cast with Toby Jones) was enjoyable to watch. Cookie and Lu are two people who have to waste nothing while the chief is a man who assumes the natural resources he exploits are there forever for his disposal, despite the fact that almost nothing he has comes naturally. He imports his cow, his companions all appeared to be for hire or someone he needs to impress, and his home, spotless and flourished, is in stark contrast to the tents and shacks.

Anyway, this is probably the best movie from 2020 I've seen. I've been thinking about it (perhaps to the point of over-analyzing) non-stop since I watched it.

 

Loved this. Went in blind, and I’m very glad I did.

 

A24 Sets Kelly Reichardt and Michelle Williams Reunion, Plus Amy Adams TV Project

 

Sick