: ‘The Power of the Dog’ review: Cowboys and cruelty in Jane Campion’s subversive Western #IndiaNEWS She’s a “sharp schemer�, Phil cautions his younger brother George. The widow Rose is putting

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‘The Power of the Dog’ review: Cowboys and cruelty in Jane Campion’s subversive Western #IndiaNEWS
She’s a “sharp schemer�, Phil cautions his younger brother George. The widow Rose is putting her hooks into George only because she wants him to fund her son Peter’s education, Phil asserts with the confidence of a man who understands the ways and wiles of women.In spite of Phil, or possibly to spite him, George marries Rose. The contest between Phil and his despised sister-in-law gets richer and stranger when Peter comes visiting. The slim and sensitive Peter repels Phil. But he nonetheless develops a bond with the boy he pejoratively calls “Miss Nancy�.The Power of The Dog is filled with secrets, repressed memories and supressed desires. The adaptation of Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel of the same name provides writer-director Jane Campion with new material for her longstanding interest in menacing masculinity, brittle femininity and the quest for sexual emancipation. Campion uses classical devices of the male-driven Western genre only to subvert them. In the vein of John Ford, she showcases her characters as figures framed in the distance that opens out to the expanse. It’s when she gets closer that the movie’s themes and characters reveal themselves.The Netflix release, Campion’s first movie in 12 years, is set on a prosperous ranch in Montana in...Read more

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