George allows Phil to continuously call him “fatso” if it keeps the peace, and in one memorable scene, Phil whips a horse for no reason because of an annoyance. While George is patient and soft, Phil is cruel and callous.
THE POWER OF THE DOG stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Jesse Plemons as brothers Phil and George Burbank. Campion works best when interrogating the vacillating themes of violence and sexuality. Sometimes those images are used violently and sometimes sexually, which is no surprise. Every frame of Campion’s Western she wrote and directed has some type of phallic or feminine imagery, from coarse bullwhips and wood logs to beautifully shot deep valleys and mountain peaks. A masterpiece that interrogates masculinity and femininity in the brutal rolling plains of Montana. And who am I to argue against Campion? After all, she did just create a masterpiece. Or it could be both I’m sure Jane Campion would argue that. Deliver My Soul from the Sword of Masculinity Psalm 22:20, as read towards the end of THE POWER OF THE DOG, states: “Deliver my soul from the sword my darling from the power of the dog.” But who is the dog in this situation? Depending on how you interpret Bible verses, it could be one of Deliver My Soul from the Sword of Masculinity Psalm 22:20, as read towards the end of THE POWER OF THE DOG, states: “Deliver my soul from the sword my darling from the power of the dog.” But who is the dog in this situation? Depending on how you interpret Bible verses, it could be one of two people.
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