Wasn't really going to post here since I don't see much enthusiasm for this film in this forum, but listening to The Last Picture Show's take on First Cow, I do wonder: Anyone want to go on a limb and say this is a low-key gay romance? I thought of Beau Travail a little after seeing this film, although in the Denis picture Galoup is masking his homosexuality with over-the-top toxic masculinity, whereas Reichardt's portrayal goes the opposite direction with two more sexually ambiguous, "softer" male characters whose personas are deeply contrasted with the overt masculinity of the frontier. I mention Beau Travail because it's only an LGBTQ+ film by inference, and I think if one jumps on the final dance scene , it may say more about the way that person makes assumptions about what is/is not LGBTQ+ than it does about what is actually classifiable as LGBTQ+. That said, is there something in the subtext of First Cow that could make it such an LGBTQ+ film by inference?
Also, of course, any other thoughts on the film would be welcomed as well. I loved it and wouldn't mind engaging in more discussion on it.