Sam Peckinpah
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Topic: Sam Peckinpah
Posted By: progadicto
Subject: Sam Peckinpah
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 03:42
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Just curious... Most of Peckinpah's movies are underrated masterpieces, specially THE WILD BUNCH nad THE IRON CROSS... At least for me, he was the guy who made the bases to any Tarantino or John Woo movie... If you know that guy, please vote and comment... ------------- ... E N E L B U N K E R... |
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Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 03:46
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how can you make such threads if you are as wasted as you say you are?  ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:18
I think Peckinpah is something like... like Led Zeppelin! He was quite good, and very innovative, but so much sh*t has been produced by others "inspired" in his work  , not that Tarantino is one of those, even though Im not as crazy about his work as others are
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:21
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one of my alltime favorite directors.... any of you who hasn't seen The WIld Bunch is truly missing a cinematic MASTERPIECE..
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:31
couldn't agree with you more, Micky....
 Straw Dogs is also very powerful.... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
micky wrote:Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:39
oh yes.... and Cross of Iron.... only Peckinpah could have captured the savage nature of the Eastern Front in WW 2. for those who don't know of The Wild Bunch.... a nice review Peckinpah has a rep and this is the film which provided most of it. I had the privilege of actually seeing this on the big screen once, in the late seventies. As the beginning credits end, Pike (Holden) tells his bunch "If they move, Kill 'em!" Then Peckinpah's credit appears. A woman seated behind me gasped, whispering "oh, no..." Oh, my. It sounded like the lady didn't know she'd wandered into a Peckinpah film and she knew what she was in for. When you enter Peckinpah-land, you need to be prepared. There are no punches pulled, no sidestepping the unpleasant aspects of life. Peckinpah's characters are tough men; I mean, really tough, not phony-Hollywood tough. In this case, they are coarsened by what seems to be years on the trail, blasted by the sun, snapped at by rattlesnakes, and harassed by bandits. And at this point, they've pretty much had it. Not that they're complaining, mind you. They've lived their lives how they saw fit, this bunch, and they make no apologies for any of it. I believe the actual year is around 1913, just before World War I begins. Most of the action takes place in Mexico, where the Bunch becomes involved with a local general (Fernandez) with the usual delusions of grandeur. If you go by the name of the character Angel, the general can be viewed as a version of the devil. That would make the Bunch avenging angels at the end. But heroes? No, not at all. They have their own code, they know instinctively they're stronger together than on each own, but they reason this concept out also - Peckinpah wants to make sure it's clear these are not unthinking savages. They're just men, who've reached a point in history where they must make a crucial turn. History, it seems, has no real use for them anymore. It's quite simple - they either fade slowly or go out quickly. In a film such as this, with its now insurmountable rep, you tend to wait for those big set pieces, especially the climactic battle. Wait for it, wait for it... here it is. Bam! - you're in Peckinpah territory. You're a part of history. and history is what the climax of this was  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:39
| I've only seen The Wild Bunch, but it deserves all the praise it gets. |
Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:41
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Salad Days
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Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: December 16 2007 at 18:24
| Just great..... |
Posted By: cookieacquired
Date Posted: December 16 2007 at 19:42
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I love his Western's
he is amazing
but probably not the best ------------- 
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: December 16 2007 at 19:43
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