The First Cow: The Western World, The Past Of Smoke And Dust

In the latest feature film "the first cow", American female director Kelly Reichardt focuses on two men with different images, personalities and identities - a silent and introverted white chef and a Chinese immigrant with adventurous spirit. They are passers-by and vagrants who have no way out. They enter the screen with the simplest background and embark on a journey, but their rich and beautiful life is always hard to reach.

In Oregon in the 19th century, it was rumored that the rich regions did not bring material gains to those who came to seek wealth. Cookie, employed by fur hunters, found the golden way to escape while searching for food in the jungle, and kindly distributed the limited food to the Oriental visitor. Later, they met again in a bar in the West. This time, it was Jinlu who let cookie live in his hut. Soon after, they started a business partnership.

The scarcity of resources will make a new pair of shoes become the focus of vision, and the fried bread made by cookie will become the delicious food for everyone to buy in line. In this land where history has not yet been written, people do small businesses, and transactions are also primitive. Barter still exists here. The British, the Russians and the Chinese all appear in this land originally belonging to the Indian people. The wild land in the west is also the melting pot of races, and the great men with enough primitive wealth make the inequality begin.

Kylie lecat's films don't make direct accusations, but regard individuals as the main body of narration, drawing the oppression of capital on people through their experiences. She describes the plight of the ordinary people in the society and the loss of the American society. In her lens, the joys and sorrows of the little people are not big waves, even though they are facing the dramatic challenges of life. Lecat always finds a glimmer of hope in the cruelty, and when happiness or in front of her eyes, she will reveal the gripping side of fate. So when we watch the first cow, we will feel that the dangerous West is also beautiful. Mushrooms, blueberries, owls, dogs These animals and plants have even been taken care of in close-up, and we also know that cookie and golden road seem to have idyllic simplicity, but they are full of hardships.

The first cow represents a position, and she has a tacit understanding with those who are hard-working and in need. The cow, which had been transported all the way, acquiesced in Cookie's coming to milk at night and refused the demand of the British landlord. Her clear eyes are repeatedly emphasized by the camera - this spirited cow, her gaze and look back contain the creator's sympathy and compassion for its role.

As one of the most important female directors in American independent film industry, Kelly Leica has a distinctive personal style. Her simple and realistic approach, which has been ignored by the American people, is slow, steady and ignored by the American people. When the trend of the times is calling for the female community, the male friendship on the screen has become a rare scene. Lecat's "the first cow" shows a kind of male emotional connection that we have never seen before.

"Male friendship" is often seen in two types of films, buddy film and western. The former will set up two protagonists with distinct and different personalities, who often have to go through some unusual difficulties together; the latter focuses on the establishment of Frontier civilization, the unity of human beings, and the complexity of human nature. "The first cow" conforms to two types of characteristics, but also breaks through the common settings: masculinity is no longer emphasized, cookie cooks, bakes, sews, washes clothes by the river, and even is ordered to look after the baby; the adventurer is a yellow skinned Chinese with many ideas and courage, and his choice affects their common experience; there is no shocking disaster There are no rude villains and bullies. The villains are just posh capitalists.

The friendship between cookie and golden road is a precious friendship between men and proves that the alliance between different ethnic groups is possible. At the end of the film, the two people who embark on a new journey together lie in the arms of the earth to rest. At this time, it seems to have an answer to which of the two bodies excavated at the beginning of the film belong. The first cow is a flashback story with the ending written at the front. Just when we were looking forward to the future of the two, lycart used the simplest echo from the beginning to the end, making the simple expectation instantly become mixed feelings.