Wendy's and Lucy's Best Companion is...

For starters, in this film by Kelly Reichardt, the characters Wendy and Lucy already have each other for companionship, so I don't know why I need to play the role of matchmaker and find a new companion for them. Nevertheless, if I had to pick a film we previously watched from this class that would be the "best companion" for the movie Wendy and Lucy, it would probably be My Own Private Idaho. This may be a very surface observation, but the complete lack of any dominant male role or discussion about men and the solo bond between Wendy and Lucy paints a very "lesbian-like" image of Wendy. Not to mention her ragged butch clothes and haircut (obviously I mean no offense towards anybody). The feeling of homosexuality in this film is what remind me of My Own Private Idaho. Plus there is the fact that Wendy and Lucy as essentially drifters, just like characters Mike and Scott, and are just "passing through town" on a vague strenuous journey towards a hopefully better life. Just as similar, in both movies the characters are continuously stricken with hardships and obstacles that prevent them from achieving happiness. I also noticed that both Wendy and Mike have to give up their companionship with their best friends, Lucy and Scott. Although they lose their companions for different reasons, the even of losing them is the "final straw that broke the camels back" for Wendy and Mike. For this reason, I see it appropriate that My Own Private Idaho would be the best companion film for the movie Wendy and Lucy.