The first cow?

Lyda 2022-03-21 09:03:04

The film is adapted from Jonathan Raymond's novel "Half-Life". It tells the story of a western chef, Cookie, who came to the wild west to try his luck. He met King Lu, a Chinese immigrant who also came to look for opportunities. The two borrowed a cow. The story of partnership business. In the 1820s, a taciturn, loner, and skilled chef Cookie (John Magaro) travels to the wild American West and joins a group of fur hunters in fur-trading Oregon. 's team. He only finds a real sense of sympathy with a Chinese immigrant, King Lu (Orion Lee), who is also looking for his fortune. Before long, the two teamed up on a successful business that relied on the clandestine participation of the prized cows of a wealthy nearby landowner.

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  • Orin 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    4.5; It seems to be an alternative variation and delayed echo of "Yesterday's Joy", once again moved by Kelly Reichard's naturalism. In the “enclosed” forest space, there is always hope to look to the outside (corresponding to the composition and line of sight separated by the door and window frames), and there is always the influx of capital power that affects and changes the fate of the characters. The “first cow” becomes a glimpse of the pioneers The fulcrum of economic structure and personnel distribution in the period-from the early "development" of the two male protagonists with commercial awareness, to the final match and nurturing of the "master". The cruel westward journey presents a small part of history with the mutual sympathy of meeting by the water, not without warmth and humor, rippling with fine and shallow tenderness, like a rustle stepping on a fallen leaf field, like a beep of a flame rolling over a branch, like a stream of water Hey Nao who has been able to use the oars (the daily shots are so good!), they met in the vast world and never abandoned each other, and they sought mutual dependence in the greedy and wild land. They embraced the earth with the drive of flesh and blood. Intersection.

  • Nico 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    The fresh vitality of the natural image is not inferior to the two protagonists. In other words, when the canoe on the river turns into a freighter, the friendship between the two has gone through the vicissitudes of the sea and the vicissitudes of life, and has also become a part of the quiet and deep environment. Reichard transformed the image into The vegetation is deeply rooted in the corners of the mainstream narrative, waiting for the simple and sincere soul to discover and appreciate it.

First Cow quotes

  • Fort Trapper: She's a very fine cow.

  • King-Lu: I think we should test the waters. Next batch, Cookie, we'll take to market. I've heard a fortune is made on this.

    Cookie: That seems dangerous.

    King-Lu: So is anything worth doing.