大規模酪農場で飼育されているホルスタイン・フリーシアン種のルマは、1頭の雌の子牛を出産する。やがて子牛と引き離されたルマは搾乳機につなげられ、餌を食べ、放牧されて走り回り、種付けされ、再び子牛を産む。カメラは極力、牛の目線の高さに据えられ、農場の日々の営みと家畜たちの生活を記録する。ナレーションやテキストによる説明は一切ない。
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監督: Andrea Arnold
制作: ローズ・ガーネット / Maxyne Franklin / Sandra Whipham
撮影監督: Magda Kowalczyk
制作会社: BBC Film / Doc Society / Halcyon Pictures
A few days in the life of a pair of cows. Told by way of some narrative-free, intimate POV photography, we follow the daily routine of these animals as they live what can only be described as mundane, boring lives - all with an ultimate purpose within the human food chain. I'm not sure this is the place to discuss the relative merits of the politics of farming - I am sure the images will provide for a plethora of views on the rights and wrongs of meat rearing and consumption. There are plenty of close shot images of them without offering us any judgements - they moo, but is that distress or because they are laughing after the person with the camera stood in a great big cow pat - we are invited to draw our own conclusions? As a piece of cinema, I found this really dull. It is far too long. The point it was making (I assume) was made pretty early on, and what follows merely serves to over emphasise what was pretty clear from the outset. If it stimulates debate, then great - but as a piece of cinema I found it dreary.
