在小镇上,一个年轻人游手好闲无所事事,于是他决定去纽约碰碰运气。影片讲述了1925年发生在美国西部牛仔的故事,风格搞笑幽默。
A young man who doesn't find a job in his small hometown, tries his luck in New York, but is overwelmed by the life of the city, so decides to try his luck somewhere else after a only a few minutes in New York. He falls off a train near a ranch, where he tries his luck as a cowbowy, being in his own way very sucessful. But he shows what he can do when the farm has to bring a 100 head of cattle to the slaughterhouses of Los Angeles to avoid going bankrupt, against the will of his neighbour who wants a better price. After a shoot-out with the neighbour's men he's the only person on a Los Angeles bound train with 1000 cows....。以“三部曲”形式描绘美军占领后的伊拉克的社会实态。第一部以逊尼派居住区的少年为观察对象,第二部的视点则切换为什叶派的神职人员,第三部旨在展示库尔德牧人的生活境况。影片虽在返美后完成最终剪辑,但为保持原汁原味,完全留存了伊拉克的现场拾音。在此基础上辅以细腻的映像、巧妙的剪辑,高超的完成度叹为观止。难怪本作于年初的圣丹斯电影节纪录片竞赛部门连中三元——最佳导演、剪辑、摄影奖。。