Review of Deliverance (1972) by John Patterson for The Guardian — 20 Jun 1975
For all the furious excitement of its river-rafting sequences, and the harshness and humiliation of its explosive central rape scene, Deliverance is an elegiac movie, mourning the rural mountain culture soon to be inundated by a new hydro-electric dam.
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This review of Deliverance (1972) was written by John Patterson and published by The Guardian on 20 Jun 1975.
Deliverance has generally received very positive reviews.
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