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Straw Dogs (1971)
Rate:
9
Viewed:
4/06, 1/13
4/06:
Straw Dogs is an unconventional violent work of art by Sam Peckinpah.
Awesome performances are rendered, most especially by Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. The tension is held high throughout,
allowing the film to be a roller-coaster of highs and lows. Then, the violence suddenly explodes like the cork out of
a wine bottle.
All in all, Straw Dogs is a Peckinpah classic.
1/13:
Straw Dogs is one of the three must-see pictures in Sam Peckinpah's oeuvre with the other two being
The Wild Bunch and Junior Bonner.
All in all, Straw Dogs is an explosively violent picture that's replete with Sam Peckinpah's signature editing.