Anchored by Dustin Hoffman's seminal performance, Peckinpah's second masterpiece (after The Wild Bunch) is still one of the most provocative, controversial, and ambiguous explorations of actual violence and our reaction to screen violence.
Straw Dogs (1971)
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Reviews Counted:29
Fresh:27
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A quiet, peace-loving American moves with his wife to an isolated English village where he is constantly harassed. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and... A quiet, peace-loving American moves with his wife to an isolated English village where he is constantly harassed. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife. [More]
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Peter Arne, David Warner, Ken Hutchison, Colin Welland, Jim Norton
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Screenwriter: David Zelag Goodman, Sam Peckinpah
Producer: Daniel Melnick
Composer: Jerry Fielding
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Reviews for Straw Dogs
Um assustador estudo sobre o animal interior do Homem que, mesmo moralista, conservador e misógino, impressiona por sua complexidade.
One of Sam Peckinpah's finest films, a relentless study in violence and machismo that is shocking, not only for its explicit gore, but for the degree to which it manipulates 'civilized' audiences.
Peckinpah's treatise on violence and masculinity is disturbing on a fundamental level… and equally difficult to forget.
Peckinpah’s semi-fascist tale works both ways: as a dream of male territorial revenge, and as female rape fantasy taken to a shockingly unexpected end.
The most offensive thing about the movie is its hypocrisy; it is totally committed to the pornography of violence, but lays on the moral outrage with a shovel.
Director Peckinpah effectively explores the levels of so-called 'manhood' and takes them to a ludicrous but ultimately exciting conclusion.
Upon first viewing, it seems like a straightforward film, but the more one watches it, the more tension one sees in the relationship between the couple.
Sam Peckinpah doesn't find anything to cheer about when his Man expresses his rage.
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