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Zorba and the Oregonian Cow

Monday: Claudine (1974)
        Claudine is a single mother raising her six kids on welfare. She works hard to support her family. She doesn't have time for anything else. One day she meets a nice garbage man named Rupert, or Roop. Roop convinces her to go on a date with him. Things don't start off smoothly as she struggles to manage her family and be available to him. He is very patient. They start to really fall for each other. As it gets more serious Roop starts to get nervous. He doesn't want things to get to permanent. Also he doesn't want to end up on welfare. If they were to get married he would have to. He already has issues with supporting his own children. The welfare system makes everything complicated. I thought this movie was alright. Roop was played by James Earl Jones. I have not seen him that young in a movie.

Tuesday: Zorba the Greek (1964)
       A young British man named Basil is traveling to Crete to take over his family's mine. On the way he meets a passionate Greek man named Zorba. Zorba is full of life. He convinces Basil to hire him to help with the mine. They soon become friends. Zorba is indeed helpful. Sometimes his passion gets the better of him. Not all his ideas work out. But he does his best. He tries to get Basil to go out with the wild young widow in the village. Basil moves at his own pace. They are just happy to be working together. I liked this movie for the most part. There was some weird stuff with the widow. All the men wanted her. But because she wouldn't go out with them they bullied her. The violence escalates when a young man she rejects commits suicide. It's not her fault she doesn't like him. I don't know why they take it so hard. She didn't mean anything by it.

Sunday: First Cow (2019)
       Cookie is a cook (surprise, surprise) who travels to Oregon with some fur trappers. There he meets a Chinese man named King-Lu. King-Lu has traveled the world since he was a kid. He spent a lot of time in England, so his English is good and he sounds British. Cookie and King-Lu become friends. They both want to make their fortune. Although Oregon is relatively undiscovered at this point they aren't sure they can make it there. One day Cookie hears about the first cow to be brought to Oregon. He is a baker. Cookie and King-Lu decide to steal milk from the cow at night. They will use the milk to make pastries and sell them at the fort. They are an instant success. The owner of the cow even hears about them but doesn't realize where they are getting the milk from. This can't go on forever. I thought this movie was ok. It was pretty slow. I did like the relationship between Cookie and King-Lu, and between Cookie and the cow. This movie was filmed in Oregon. I actually applied to work on it.

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