Straw Dogs
Rendező:
Sam PeckinpahOperatőr:
John CoquillonZeneszerző:
Jerry FieldingSzereplők:
Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, David Warner, Ken Hutchison, Del Henney, Jim Norton, Donald Webster, Len Jones, Sally Thomsett (több)Tartalmak(1)
Egy amerikai matematikus és csinos felesége vidékre költözik Angliában. Hamar kiderül azonban, hogy a falusi közösség nem nézi ezt jó szemmel, ráadásul a csinos asszonyka is felborzolja a férfilakosság kedélyeit. A kezdeti kisebb súrlódások vérre menő élet-halál harcba torkollanak. (Flamex)
Recenziók (9)
A hetvenes évekbe való visszatérés Dustin Hoffman társaságában és Peckinpah bravúros rendezése nagyon boldoggá tett. A fullasztó hangulat, a szokatlan filmes Hős, és főleg Packinpah-ra jellemző ösztönös dimenziója a női szexualitásnak, ahogyan azt a mainstreamben eddig senki más nem örökítette meg. Hová tűnt Oscar-jelölés a vágásért? Túl spontán és ösztönös volt az akadémikusok számára, és ezért nem volt eléggé sima, ahogyan azt a tankönyvek megkövetelnek?
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Scarecrows serve studies of violence, transformations of human nature, or layers of fear, but in such a bland form that not even the traditionally precise Dustin Hoffman can save anything. When I want to see a transition of the hero from a weakling to a cold defensive machine, I expect more than a helpless guy who suddenly squints his eyes and starts acting. That is not an incredibly built twist for me, but a deus ex machina in favor of Peckinpah, who can indulge himself in blood, action, and editing.
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The slow beginning is a shame, this film would deserve the highest score otherwise. The final half hour is brilliant and the depressive aftermaths are really impressive. Straw Dogs is one of the most representative yokels-in-action type of films and, together with Deliverance, is one of the cornerstones of the hixploitation horror subgenre – and that is enough for me to like it.
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A year before Boorman’s Deliverance, Peckinpah came along with an almost identical idea. The only difference is the setting in the Highlands of Scotland. That’s where American physicist David moves with his English wife with slightly loose morals. The excellent steady rise in tension and perfect actors are the main pluses. Straw Dogs will no longer provoke such controversy as when it was released, but even so, it has much to offer even to today’s viewer.
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Toying with the viewers and their mind is the best that a movie can offer. Alfred Hitchcock already knew that, just like a number of directors who follow his example and try to base their movies off it. Straw Dogs is a pretty rough movie. The main plus is the young Dustin Hoffmann, who transforms from a scaredy young man into a right butcher throughout the movie; aka basic human instincts win over reason. And that’s what the entire movie unfolds from. It has its charm, it’s worth watching, but in my opinion, the three stars are just enough for it.
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