{"id":475,"date":"2022-02-17T23:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T04:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscreen.richardlohr.com\/blog\/?p=475"},"modified":"2022-02-20T00:31:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T05:31:08","slug":"the-power-of-the-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscreen.richardlohr.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/17\/the-power-of-the-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of the Dog. One critic barks out."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/newscreen.richardlohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/PowerDog2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-484\"\/><figcaption>What&#8217;re you hiding, Phil?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A very small group of us were mesmerized (once again, in my case) by Jane Campion&#8217;s masterpiece tonight. Benedict Cumberbatch transformed himself brilliantly and convincingly from a British gentleman to a rough-edged, toxicly masculine 1920&#8217;s American cowboy. Well, he&#8217;s rather more complicated than that, as is the movie itself. If you&#8217;re interested in dissecting <em>The Power of the Dog<\/em> more deeply, I suggest that you watch <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jknL1Wv3jzc&amp;t=57s\" target=\"_blank\">Lucas Blue&#8217;s thorough explanation on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My dog, <em>Tick<\/em>, a Jack Russell Terrier, watches movies earnestly with us&#8230; I&#8217;ve never seen anything quite like it. He pays very close attention and  takes exception to animals being on the screen, particularly horses. You can imagine how much he didn&#8217;t like <em>The Power of the Dog<\/em>&#8230; unless maybe he finds pleasure in &#8220;protecting&#8221; us from them. In any case, he gets used to the idea that these big critters are going to be sharing our space for a few hours, and finds himself a friendly lap to settle down in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our short opening feature was Maestro directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/359281775?embedded=true&amp;source=vimeo_logo&amp;owner=99127789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Illogic<\/a>&#8230; It&#8217;s so great to be back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10293406\/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"44\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/newscreen.richardlohr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/imdb.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very small group of us were mesmerized (once again, in my case) by Jane Campion&#8217;s masterpiece tonight. Benedict Cumberbatch transformed himself brilliantly and convincingly from a British gentleman to a rough-edged, toxicly masculine 1920&#8217;s American cowboy. Well, he&#8217;s rather more complicated than that, as is the movie itself. If you&#8217;re interested in dissecting The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newscreen.richardlohr.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/17\/the-power-of-the-dog\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Power of the Dog. 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