Sam Peckinpah
Straw Dogs (1971) – A lot of bark, a bit of bite
by Parker Mott on Oct.12, 2011, under Action, Great Directors, Movie Reviews, Sam Peckinpah
2.5 Stars out of 4
(118 minutes)
"Straw Dogs": Dustin Hoffman – the broken glasses represent the shattering of wisdom.
Straw Dogs is my third haul through Sam Peckinpah’s amoral forays, and now I’ve made a discovery: In Peckinpah’s movies, the humans are animals and the animals are humans. You will notice both species are severely expendable, but witnessing a death of the first is like putting a rabid dog to sleep. The death of a latter is the greatest tragedy; it’s the loss of the only innocent thing on earth. (continue reading…)
