Post by --Ed. on Sept 7, 2008 20:05:40 GMT -5
Anybody seen this movie?
Directed by Sam Peckinpah.
With Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Gig Young
US 1974, 35mm, color, 112 min.
Warren Oates is given his ultimate star vehicle in Peckinpah's dark
tale of a washed up petty hood and lounge pianist who sees a last
chance for redemption in the dangerous bounty offered by a powerful
local landowner. The film sets off on a drug-sodden road trip that
inevitably turns sinister as desperate mercenaries compete for the
promised fortune in a frenzy of savage greed that recalls The Treasure
of the Sierra Madre, one of Peckinpah's favorite films. Although today
Alfredo García's unwavering nihilism seems wonderfully counterbalanced
by the film's shaggy-dog narrative and visual style, the film's
unusual tone resulted in a box office disaster, and Alfredo Garcia
became the last of Peckinpah's films that he would also write. The
film's stature has grown steadily over the years, and it now takes its
rightful place in the top ranks of Peckinpah's achievements and as an
enduring cult favorite.
Directed by Sam Peckinpah.
With Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Gig Young
US 1974, 35mm, color, 112 min.
Warren Oates is given his ultimate star vehicle in Peckinpah's dark
tale of a washed up petty hood and lounge pianist who sees a last
chance for redemption in the dangerous bounty offered by a powerful
local landowner. The film sets off on a drug-sodden road trip that
inevitably turns sinister as desperate mercenaries compete for the
promised fortune in a frenzy of savage greed that recalls The Treasure
of the Sierra Madre, one of Peckinpah's favorite films. Although today
Alfredo García's unwavering nihilism seems wonderfully counterbalanced
by the film's shaggy-dog narrative and visual style, the film's
unusual tone resulted in a box office disaster, and Alfredo Garcia
became the last of Peckinpah's films that he would also write. The
film's stature has grown steadily over the years, and it now takes its
rightful place in the top ranks of Peckinpah's achievements and as an
enduring cult favorite.