No animal is better equipped to be a cinematographic subject than a dogWith their adorable eyes, their disproportionate personalities and their simple motivation for unconditional love. You see the interaction of a dog with its human owner for a whole minute, and you know exactly how his whole daily life takes place, the simplest version of “Don’t Tell” imaginable. The best dog movies are those that show the immense ability of immense love and community thanks to their link with their dog, and Wendy and Lucy is one of the most beautiful representations of this connection. It may be the most accessible and direct story of the independent maestro Kelly ReichardtThe career of the career, which makes it all the more disappointing how this film has become invisible outside the circles of criticism. As he is on Tubi now, you have to see this jewel which is light on the plot but overflowing with daily humanity, both for the better and for the worse.
What is “Wendy and Lucy” is talking about?
Wendy (Michelle Williams) Walk on Oregon roads in a quest for Alaska in the hope of obtaining a job in a canned factory. She seems to be completely homeless and far from the little family she left, and her only real companion is her dog, Lucy (played by Kelly Reichardt’s own dog, Lucy). Wendy takes Lucy everywhere with her, whether it is to clean in a gas station bathroom or try to earn money by placing cans and bottles in a dispensary. Things take a tour for the worst when Wendy is stopped for display flight, and when she is released from the police station, Lucy is completely part from where she was left outside the grocery store. Without anyone towards which to turn and few resources to depend in addition to her dedication, Wendy will do everything she can bring together to find Lucy and continue to advance in life. It looks like the breathtaking hokum of the soul of Huffle håstromBut Kelly Reichardt is too listening to the microscopic ways in which we reveal the worlds in which we live to cave with any sentimentality, and makes this film all the more admirable how much it makes the storm of a society that does not care.
“ Wendy and Lucy ” does not feel sentimental the experience of being homeless
Tension is generally not a characteristic emotion that a Reichardt film will inspire, but It is difficult not to feel the vice to slowly tighten Wendy when it has been tested several times in the most banal way. From a humanist ethical point of view, there is no reason to be stopped for the tiny amount of food that she tried to take, and was caught by a pencil that insisted that “business policy” is above all. She left prison only after being effectively forced to pay a fine of $ 50 to avoid a future hearing date, which was barely money and that she would have found a way to last several days. The only traces of real help she finds come from the simple kindness and the recognition of people, like a security guard with whom she develops a very discreet report which would otherwise be the backbone of a more traditionally Hollywood history, or a mechanic who offers a significant discount on the automotive reparations which she desperately needs. Even then, as soothing for the soul as these cases may be, they do not do much to alleviate Wendy of the fate that she must face a constant base. We have seen some films try to grasp the experience of being really homeless, but Few films capture the omnipresent threat of danger that these individuals find themselves surroundedWhether it is the invisible ways that American society has violence against them or how much other human could be quickly a friend or an enemy for them.
Michelle Williams gives “ Wendy and Lucy ” her emotional punch
Such a threat is only felt emotionally invested in Wendy’s experience, and Michelle Williams gives one of her best performances, although relatively unknown,Particularly impressive for the little he has on the traditional background frame. We do not know how she became homeless, why she is on such a thin ice with her family, nor how she discovered this Alaska work. All we know is that she has a destination in mind, she loves her dog more than anything else, and she knows how to take care of herself, even when things get scary. Everything that is really to learn about Wendy lies in Williams’ faceHow she is clearly exhausted but not defeated, the private cries that she has for herself who burst as soon as she is in a safe place, the way she keeps a face of poker when she scans someone to determine whether they are trustworthy or not.
It may not be a Mad Post-apocalyptic genre, but Wendy is just as much survival, all for Lucy. I’m not going to enter the spoilers, of course, but the film finally ends in a place where He asks the public to confront what you would really accept for what is best for your puppyHow much strength you would need to keep the promise of seeing your dog again. Williams had already turned out to be one of the most scholarly display of what the crying on the screen looks like, thanks to PatentAnd Wendy and Lucy Reached his overwhelming power thanks to what extent it is painful to watch Wendy try so hard not to cry what she has to do because of her love for Lucy. Oh, the things she will do for the love of the puppy.
Wendy and Lucy is available to broadcast on Tubi in the United States
Wendy and Lucy
- Release date
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December 10, 2008
- Execution time
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81 minutes
- Writers
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Jonathan Raymond
- Producers
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Joshua Blum, Larry Fessenden, Phil Morrison, Todd Haynes, Anish Savjani, Neil Kopp
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Wally Dalton
Security guard
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