#1158: CAMPION, Jane: The Power of the Dog (2021)
CAMPION, Jane (United States)
The Power of the Dog [2021]
Director/Writers
The Power of the Dog [2021]
Spine #1158
Blu-ray
Jane Campion returns to the kind of mythic frontier landscape—pulsating with both freedom and menace—that she previously traversed in The Piano in order to plumb the masculine psyche in The Power of the Dog, set against the desolate plains of 1920s Montana and adapted by the filmmaker from Thomas Savage’s novel. After a sensitive widow (Kirsten Dunst) and her enigmatic, fiercely loving son (Kodi Smit-Mcphee) move in with her gentle new husband (Jesse Plemons), a tense battle of wills plays out between them and his brutish brother (Benedict Cumberbatch), whose frightening volatility conceals a secret torment, and whose capacity for tenderness, once reawakened, may offer him redemption or destruction. Campion, who won an Academy Award for her direction here, charts the repressed desire and psychic violence coursing among these characters with the mesmerizing control of a master at the height of her powers.
128 minutes
Color
Dolby Atmos
2:28:1
Criterion Release 2022
Color
Dolby Atmos
2:28:1
Criterion Release 2022
Based on the book by Thomas Savage.
Jane Campion was 67 when she wrote and directed The Power of the Dog.
Other Campion films in the Collection:
#356: Sweetie (1989)
#301: An Angel at My Table (1990)
#1110: The Piano (1993)
The Film
Other Campion films in the Collection:
#356: Sweetie (1989)
#301: An Angel at My Table (1990)
#1110: The Piano (1993)
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by film critic Amy Taubin.
Commentary
None.
Interview 1
With Campion about the making of the film.
Program
Featuring interviews with members of the cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage captured on location in New Zealand.
Interview 2
With Campion and composer Jonny Greenwood about the film’s score.
Conversation
Among Campion, DP Ari Wegner, actor Dunst, and producer Tanya Seghatchian, moderated by filmmaker Tamara Jenkins.
Interview 3
With novelist Annie Proulx.
Trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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The ExtrasThe Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by film critic Amy Taubin.
Commentary
None.
Interview 1
With Campion about the making of the film.
Program
Featuring interviews with members of the cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage captured on location in New Zealand.
Interview 2
With Campion and composer Jonny Greenwood about the film’s score.
Conversation
Among Campion, DP Ari Wegner, actor Dunst, and producer Tanya Seghatchian, moderated by filmmaker Tamara Jenkins.
Interview 3
With novelist Annie Proulx.
Trailer
Extras Rating (0-40):
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