The Power Of The Dog And What's Making Us Happy

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🗓️ 3 December 2021

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The new Netflix film The Power of the Dog stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Jesse Plemons as a pair of brothers who run a cattle ranch in Montana in the 1920s. When one brother marries, and brings his new bride (Kirsten Dunst) and her teenage son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) back to live with him at the ranch, the other brother gets jealous and sets out to destroy their happiness. The film is the latest from writer and director Jane Campion, and it's bound to be a big contender come Oscar time.

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0:00.0	The power of the dog is, full disclosure right here at the top, my favorite film of the
0:09.5	year so far, it's the latest from writer-director Jane Campion and stars Benedict Cumberbatch,
0:15.2	Jesse Plennans, and Kirsten Dunst.
0:17.2	It's the tale of a pair of brothers who run a cattle ranch in Montana in the 1920s.
0:22.3	When one brother marries and brings his new bride and her teenage son back to live with
0:26.1	him at the ranch, the other brother gets jealous and sets out to destroy their happiness.
0:31.1	It's all set against the stark and at times overpowering beauty of the natural world and
0:35.3	it's bound to be a big contender.
0:37.2	Come Oscar time.
0:38.2	I'm Glenn Weldon and today we're talking about the power of the dog on pop culture happy
0:42.2	hour from NPR.
0:43.8	Joining us today is NPR culturedest correspondent Netta Bouloube, welcome back Netta.
0:47.4	Hi, thank you.
0:48.6	And also joining us from his home in Denver is writer and film critic Walter Chow, a Walter.
0:52.2	Hey, I'm so happy to be here.
0:53.9	And routing out the panel from her home in New York is film critic and cultured journalist
0:57.2	Vedatri D. Chaudry, hey, Vedatri.
0:59.6	Thank you so much.
1:00.6	So happy to be back.
1:01.6	Let's get into this.
1:03.1	The power of the dog is based on a 1967 novel by Thomas Savage, the aptly named Thomas
1:08.6	Savage.
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