Before Kodi Smit-McPhee wowed in 'The Power of the Dog,' he starred in lesser-known surrealist 'Slow West.'
Ever since Jane Campion’s revisionist western The Power of the Dog premiered last September at the Venice International Film Festival, it has been the assumed Best Picture frontrunner. The adaptation of Thomas Savage’s groundbreaking novel of the same name has been almost universally acclaimed for its deconstruction of masculine stereotypes in western fiction . Since then, nothing has seemed to stop The Power of the Dog’s trajectory towards Oscar victory.
Slow West proved that Smit-McPhee was more than just another YA hero who was destined to be passed between various franchises. After breaking out in John Hillcoat’s post-apocalyptic drama The Road, Smit-McPhee popped up in popular studio films like Let Me In, ParaNorman, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and the last two installments in the X-Men prequel franchise. He’s not bad in any of them, but Slow West showed that McPhee was aware of the reputation that young male stars develop.
Similar to Peter in The Power of the Dog, Jay miserably fails to pick up the qualities that make his new mentor so fearsome. As Jay and Silas are hunted by the eccentric bounty hunter Payne , Jay admits he’s adverse to violence, and has no idea how to handle a weapon. It’s a funny recurring joke, but it reveals his complete inability to provide for Rose.
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