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sou'wester
Okay, I typed the word 'thread' instead of 'head' by mistake but thought it was reasonably funny so haven't corrected it.
I watched it last night and, despite being baffled for the first 15 minutes, I found myself really enjoying it - it kind of dragged me gently along rather than gripping me in an oh-my-god-what's-going-to-happen-next sense. I like the weird relationship the protagonist develops with the head and stuff. The main problem is loads of the lines sound like cliches, simply because some of them are and because he spends lots of time thinking aloud in a slightly silly way. I really can't make up my mind about Peckinpah, is he a great visionary who makes compelling studies of violence etc etc or just a dirty boring bastard? Also, was the film misogynistic or just portraying a misogynistic culture? Overall it struck me as an extremly strange film.
Anyone have any thoughts?
I watched it last night and, despite being baffled for the first 15 minutes, I found myself really enjoying it - it kind of dragged me gently along rather than gripping me in an oh-my-god-what's-going-to-happen-next sense. I like the weird relationship the protagonist develops with the head and stuff. The main problem is loads of the lines sound like cliches, simply because some of them are and because he spends lots of time thinking aloud in a slightly silly way. I really can't make up my mind about Peckinpah, is he a great visionary who makes compelling studies of violence etc etc or just a dirty boring bastard? Also, was the film misogynistic or just portraying a misogynistic culture? Overall it struck me as an extremly strange film.
Anyone have any thoughts?