Review of Straw Dogs (1971) by Fazley A — 29 Jan 2011
Excellent. I'm not sure that Peckinpah meant to make such an anti-American film (in fact I'm positive), but that's most certainly what it feels like, with David's arrogance/ignorance/hypocrisy serving as the foundation for the overall piece.
The use of parallel action here is more accomplished than it is in any other Peckinpah film, which is no small feat. A sort of flipside to Preminger's British grotesque, [i]Bunny Lake is Missing[/i], with the sights this time being set on the protagonist (or antagonist, according to Peckinpah), instead of the environment itself.
This review of Straw Dogs (1971) was written by Fazley A on 29 Jan 2011.
Straw Dogs has generally received positive reviews.
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