Word: peckinpah
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...Peckinpah's The Getaway, Friday and Saturday, February...
HARVARD-EPWORTH CHURCH, Bunuel's Un Chien Andalou, Land Without Bread, and Simon of the Desert, Feb. 7, 7:30, Ganga Zumba (about a slave rebellion in Brazil), Feb. 10, 7:30 p.m. BAKER LIBRARY, B-SCHOOL, Sam Peckinpah's Ballad of Cable Hogue...
...GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID. A strange, severe, beautiful Western directed by Sam Peckinpah...
...after World War II, the private eye replaced the cowboy as hero, in the eyes of the average white middle class man on the street. The heroic image had changed with the environment--increasing urbanization, progress, etc. But this didn't stop certain filmmakers from making Westerns. Ford and Peckinpah continued making good Westerns, but did it by altering their concepts; Ford by turning inward, studying "the American's struggle between self-destruction and life affirmation," to quote John Landau in the latest Rolling Stone; Peckinpah reacted similarly, by examining the end of the Old West...
...lesson here is treat 'em rough, and they'll come around. Miles leaves civilized territory, but Reynolds makes sure that society catches up with her. Director Sarafian strives for a Peckinpah-like authenticity in Cat Dancing's violent scenes, mixing in plenty of bullet holes and fresh blood. Although most victims die visibly, his effort is a failure. Windows are predictably smashed by fighting bodies, and Reynolds is allowed to wipe out a band of six Indians without suffering a wound. He runs out of bullets after the fifth victim, but manages to do in the last red man with...