Carrie Reichardt, one of the most important female directors of our time, brings an offbeat western, "The First Cow," a slow-movie tale of 1800's peculiar friendship in Oregon. Cookie is a chef. He is walking through the jungle with a fur hunter. While looking for food, he meets King Lu, a Chinese immigrant who is hiding naked. King Lu is fleeing from the Russians. Cookie brings him food. , and help him temporarily perch in his tent. Later, the two met again in a bar. King Lu invited Cookie to his "home", and the two started a cookie business with a cow.
The two shared a gold rush dream. Cookie went out alone after his parents died. His dream was to open a hotel and bakery, hoping that passersby could rest. King Lu traveled from China to the United States alone, hoping to make money. He has a very keen business acumen. He hopes to extract beaver oil and transport it to China. He hopes to collect and sell hazelnuts and walnuts, all of which require start-up capital. It was his encouragement that Cookie dared to take the first step. There was no milk when making biscuits. The two set their sights on the only cow in the house of the chief director responsible for on-site trading, and secretly milked it every night.
"The First Cow" is different from other western movies. The depiction of life tends to be detailed. The cookies made by Cookie who likes new boots are very popular. Gold prospectors who sleep in the wilderness line up to buy them, hoping to live in the hard life of gold rush. Received a touch of sweet consolation. Some people commented that his biscuits tasted like their mother. In this way, King Lu climbed the tree every night to let the wind out, Cookie secretly milked the cow, went home and made biscuits, which were sold to hungry fur hunters at the market the next day.
King Lu believes that when the opportunity comes, try to seize it, this is the first opportunity, before other cows enter the place, they want to make as much money as possible. So there were countless dangerous "again". One night, when they were stealing milk, the two were found and hunted down. This is a very special western movie, like cookies, all kinds of materials are mixed together, and after baking, you get delicious food, as if nothing happened, two men have given birth to a friendship of helping each other . King Lu encouraged Cookie, who never had the courage to do it, to try, and the two worked hard for a common dream.
This is a story about a newcomer to America who struggles to survive in the West and ends up having a broken dream. The film begins with a dog digging out two side-by-side corpses. The film ends with the two lying side by side under the tree to escape the pursuit. Finally, they close their eyes tiredly, hoping that they will eventually escape the pursuit and open their eyes. After the danger has left, the film does not explain more, the only certainty is that the two finally sleep together with the dream of opening a hotel. In the best of times, there are niche movies, and every day is Valentine's Day! Public Number: Cool Heart Review
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