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1969 |
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WESTERN
CONTROVERSIAL
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145 |
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Texas outlaws whose way of life belongs to the 19th century find themselves butchered in the 20th.
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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One of the most controversial films of all time, with critics divided over whether the use of violence was justified or meretricious. I think it's one of Sam Peckinpah's finest achievements: an exciting, atmospheric, fin de siecle western clearly designed (unlike other Peckinpah films, such as Straw Dogs ) to show that violence doesn't pay. The brutality and bloodshed were considered excessive for its day; by modern standards, they are relatively tame. A more serious criticism is that the story could have been clearer. Lucien Ballard's cinematography is stunning. Jerry Fielding's score was Oscar-nominated.
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, Ernest Borgnine 
