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The Power of the Dog (2021)

Film

DirectorJane Campion

Meta takes28

Figures

Objects & symbols

The recurring visual motif of the dog-shaped shadow in the mountains → Durational Aesthetics · The Cinematic Sublime · The Uncanny

Locations

The Burbank family ranch house → The Cinematic Chimera · The Performed Self
Ari Wegner's cinematography of the landscape → The Unspeakable Void · The Cinematic Echo Chamber · The Cinematic Sublime

Form & technique

The film's final sequence revealing Peter's actions → The Managed Body · The State of Exception
Close-up shots of hands interacting with objects (rawhide rope, paper flowers, saddle) → The Grotesque Body · The Phantom Object of Desire · Haptic Visuality
The scene of the musical duel between Phil's banjo and Rose's piano → Cultural Capital · Affective Contagion · The Invisible Watchtower · The Unseen Voice

Tropes

Films most connected to The Power of the Dog

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) — via The Unseen Voice, The Uncanny, Haptic Visuality
Unforgiven (1992) — via The Cinematic Sublime, The Fragile Alpha
Force Majeure (2014) — via The Cinematic Sublime, The Fragile Alpha
Jacob's Ladder (1990) — via The Unseen Voice, The Fragile Alpha, Haptic Visuality
300 (2006) — via The Unseen Voice, The Fragile Alpha, Haptic Visuality
Child's Play (1988) — via The Unseen Voice, The Uncanny
Burning (2018) — via The Unseen Voice, The Uncanny
It (2017) — via The Unseen Voice, The Uncanny