Review of Straw Dogs (1971) by Robben M — 11 Aug 2008
As I sit here writing this, I am aware that thousands of children are starving and getting raped and killed an murdered.
Many innocent people die each day and on one can help them. As for the perptrators...
Who has an answer for those who indulge in those crimes? Those who enjoy murdering; the crazed and frenzied who enjoy power over all things, living and dead...
Sam Peckinpah's film "Straw Dogs" discusses and dissects the mentality of man. Of how far people go to assert themselves; by destroying. By killing. By foisting themselves on others; like crazed animals, those men mow down the weak and dominate territories.
Peckinpah is asking some serious questions: How can you rationalize any violence? How can you stop the lust for power? Is life without violence and hate impossible? Are any of us redeemable?
I refuse to summarize the film because that would be doing it a great disservice. It is a polemic. A warning as well as a statement.
This review of Straw Dogs (1971) was written by Robben M on 11 Aug 2008.
Straw Dogs has generally received positive reviews.
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