Kelly Reichardt peppers her 19th Century Oregon Territory with warm cakes and endearing fauna. Eve, the "first cow" in the territory, is a symbol of opportunity to everyone but its natives, the hinge of the film's plot, a romantic proxy to its protagonist, "Cookie," and one of animal trainer Lauren Henry's best behaved cows. The secret to contriving "wild" and natural animal behavior in the preposterous habitat of the movie set? Patience. Putting the time in to normalize the set for the animal a...
"A Cow At 8:00 AM is Different Than A Cow At 2:00 AM": Animal Trainer Lauren Henry on First Cow
Filmmaker Magazine - 15 Mar 2020 17:02
Kelly Reichardt peppers her 19th Century Oregon Territory with warm cakes and endearing fauna. Eve, the "first cow" in the territory, is a symbol of opportunity to everyone but its natives, the hinge of the film's plot, a romantic proxy to its protagonist, "Cookie," and one of animal trainer Lauren Henry's best behaved cows. The secret to contriving "wild" and natural animal behavior in the preposterous habitat of the movie set? Patience. Putting the time in to normalize the set for the animal a...
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