Monday, June 25, 2007
GENRE TWEAK
Today's NYTimes Best 1176 Film was Sam Peckinpah's
This is an early Peckinpah work. He is beginning to rebuild lm western conventions.
Moral ambiguity, tarnished heroes and serious violence beyond mere gunplay (rape) mark the ways that tradition gets tweaked.
Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea star at the end of their careers. The charm and sparkle of these old horses come through as perfect casting. Their relationship is great to watch. They hit all the grace notes.
I was very pleased to see a young Warren Oates and an old Edgar Buchanan who I always loved to see as a kid (and still do).
Still there was some vacant space. The obligatory furniture breaking fist fights always pall. He kept those in.
I liked it anyway.
It is a 4 out of Netflix5.
Labels: best films
