first cow.
only seen night moves by this director, which was a bit more plotty, and had more narrative momentum and tension, so maybe that was a bit misleading, as this is Slow Cinema, minimalist, more opaque, to my mind, a bit too self aware, and actually just not really about all that much, or maybe about something, but didnt make very much OF that something. i did like all the shots of foliage, the cow was quite nice, and perhaps i was just tired, but im filing it as one of those films that people cant actually be honest about out of fear of looking a bit like a philistine so have to treat it as if its something other than what it actually is. the dialogue felt really stagey, all a bit stilted, and unnatural, so the two buddies at the centre of the film just felt like cardboard stick men, and i think i would have liked to see more of the cow. how did the cow feel about everything going on? one of those films where it would have been good as a wry/dry/sly short, not a two hour, slightly detached, aloof, uninvolving feature.