Sam Elliott calls Jane Campion’s ‘The Power Of The Dog’ a “piece of shit”

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The Power Of The Dog, branding it a “piece of shit”.The actor, known for roles in numerous westerns and recently 2018’s A Star Is Born, appeared on Marc Maron’s podcast WTF With Marc Maron (February 28) when conversation turned to some of 2021’s film releases.Asked his thoughts on The Power Of The Dog, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elliott said: “Yeah, you want to talk about that piece of shit?”Elliott’s negative reaction was further spurred by an article in the LA Times which “talked about the evisceration of the American myth” in relation to the film. “And I thought: ‘What the fuck’,” Elliott said.He went onto compare the film’s characters to Chippendales dancers who “wear bowties and not much else”.“That’s what all these fucking cowboys in that movie looked like,” Elliott said. “They’re all running around in chaps and no shirts.

There’s all these allusions of homosexuality throughout the movie.”When Maron noted homosexuality is “what the movie’s about”, Elliott criticised director Jane Campion’s interpretation of the American west.Describing her as “a brilliant director” before making his point, Elliott said: “What the fuck does this women from down there [New Zealand] know about the American west?

Why the fuck did she shoot this movie in New Zealand and call it Montana? And say this is the way it was? That fucking rubbed me the wrong way.“The myth is that [cowboys] were these macho men out there with the cattle.

I just came from Texas where I was hanging out with families – not men – but families. Big, long, extended, multiple-generation families that made their living, and their lives were all about being cowboys.