First Cow, the movie that overshadowed Nomadland

By: Edison F. Waters

This Friday, July 9, MUBI premieres First Cow, Kelly Reichardt’s film that, in addition to being considered among the 10 best of the year by the National Board of Review, was nominated for the Spirit Awards for best film, direction and supporting actor (Orion Lee), where he lost the first two categories at the hands of another woman’s film, Nomadland, from Chloe Zhao.

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-You were in Buenos Aires in an edition of BAFICI, what are the best memories of your visit?

-A crazy little bird that I saw, sitting at the bar at lunchtime, and I remember some old men making me dance with them, which was quite funny and sweet. That was beautiful. That was great. The audience was very nice.

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-Do you have friends in the world of cinema? I mean people to go to, show them a script, ask for advice.

-Yes, I have friends in the cinema, I am very close to Todd Haynes, and an old friend who makes very different films, Larry Fessenden (Wendigo), kind of friends I’ve been sharing scripts with for decades. And I read their scripts and they read my scripts and share notes and watch cuts from the movies. And I trust that. I mean, Peter Hutton wasn’t so much of a script reader, but he would look at it. I was looking at cuts from the movie, which was great.

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