- Directed by Matty Crawford
- Written by Matty Crawford, Paul Carey
- Stars Jack Hartley, Logan Spooner, Jake Hayes, Nick Cornwall
- Run Time: 13:21
- Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8jP-PaoiJo
Synopsis
A boy sits in a chair as someone puts a blindfold over his eyes. He’s then driven somewhere in the back of a truck and left there with a small box of things. He’s been abandoned.
The boy walks through the windy field, but he leaves the blindfold on until another boy finds him and leads him home with a leash. Elsewhere, a man chops logs and talks to a cow until the cow starts to glow. The man’s father comes into the kitchen and insists that the cow belongs outside. Meanwhile, the weather outside is getting more and more severe…
Sometimes a cow is not a cow.
Commentary
Well, that was intense!
The big mystery here is what’s really going on and why they don’t take the blindfold off. The black-and-white visuals are sharp but distinctly odd. Nothing here feels quite normal, and it all looks good. The talking cow immediately brings to mind the goat from “The Witch” while the visuals are very reminiscent of “The Lighthouse,” which are both by Robert Eggers.