In Reply to: The Wild Bunch posted by afilado on January 25, 2008 at 15:44:16:
Peckenpah's novel use of graphic violence in a western/drama is the accepted reason. Until then it was either left to the imagination or resticted to overdone caricature in horror pictures.All westerns are cliches to some extent. A lot like science fiction; westerns just provide a setting thats outside the familiar social behavior and relationships.
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy - WB Yeats
Edits: 01/26/08
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- RE: The Wild Bunch - DWPC 16:00:54 01/25/08 (2)
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- He specifically referenced the portrayal of Mexicans as violent, dumb, - tinear 06:41:47 01/27/08 (0)