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John Wick or
The Rover, Michael Sarnoski s
Pig shows less concern for avenging the red-haired, truffle-hunting animal of its title than for exploring the tensions she represents: the closely twinned gulf and bond between labor and refinement. Opening on exiled Portland chef Robin Feld (Nicolas Cage) peacefully hunting for these buried fungi in Oregon s dark, misty woods with his well-bred companion, the film unfolds even after the creature is violently stolen in a fashion only somewhat less quietly than it began. These early rhythms of digging and searching, of getting one s hands (and nose) dirty in pursuing something precious, permeate the film s ambling trajectory.
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I donât think thereâs ever been a movie like
Pig before. Iâm young and stupid, so if you disagree, feel free to dig through my Letterboxd, screenshot my 4.5/5-star review ofÂ
Josie & The Pussycats, and put me on blast on the platform of your choosing. But I think Iâm right.
Michael Sarnoskiâs quietly operatic black-comic noir could, by turns, be described as a takedown of Portlandâs navel-gazey culinary scene, a surreal journey through crisscrossing streams of grief, or a movie where a blood-soaked Nicolas Cage says, âI donât fuck my pig.â There are strands of
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