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• Re: Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia... - bubbahotep 01:27:48 04/08/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia... posted by gware on April 05, 2002 at 15:29:13:

  Oh, yeah! Warren Oates at his greasiest driving around in that beat-to-shit car, swigging mescal while that horrible rotting head rolls around in a sack. And the flies buzzing around while the sun beats down unmerciful. Can't you almost smell it? And the Gigster as a gay hitman lurching around like William S. Burroughs. Beautiful!
  
  

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• Re: Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia...some more - danj 11:20:26 04/07/02 (3)
  In Reply to: Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia... posted by gware on April 05, 2002 at 15:29:13:

  I love this movie, too. The movie is so different and Warren Oates is utstanding in the lead. By the way, this film is on Roger Ebert's 4-star movie list. He, like me, is a great fan of Peckinpah's work. Most critics panned everything the director did after "The Wild Bunch." Most critics are fairly stupid.
  
  

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  • Pauline Kael set the standard for film criticism... - gware 18:33:08 04/07/02 (2)
    In Reply to: Re: Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia...some more posted by danj on April 07, 2002 at 11:20:26:

    And she would be a helluva hard act to follow; witty, disparaging, and able to dissect the shortcomings of any Film, Director or Actor like a surgeon. Agree the Warren Oates is just brilliant in "Garcia". I particularly like James Coburns portrayal of "Sgt. Steiner" in Cross of Iron too.
    Even low key Peckinpah films like "Junior Bonner" are very salvageable IMHO. I'll give "Bring me the Head" a watch this weekend; it's just so over-the-top it always makes me laugh!
    Eric
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    • Re: Pauline Kael set the standard for film criticism... - danj 00:05:38 04/08/02 (1)
      In Reply to: Pauline Kael set the standard for film criticism... posted by gware on April 07, 2002 at 18:33:08:

      Read Roger Ebert's dissection of the film. He's the only critic I've read who had a kind word for it, Oates' performance excepted. And yes, the film is over the top but I think it's appropriate. The Oates character is desperate and gets more desperate by the minute. Plus, he may not be totally sane but he is certainly more sane than those who know he has the head and are after him to get it. Notice how Oates starts talking to the head in the bag? I won't spoil it for you by saying any more.

      Enjoy!
      
      

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      • Re: Pauline Kael set the standard for film criticism... - mikenyc 10:12:56 04/11/02 (0)
        In Reply to: Re: Pauline Kael set the standard for film criticism... posted by danj on April 08, 2002 at 00:05:38:

        Criticism in general, has diminished in importance, ever since the Kael and Andrew Sarris left our consciousness, with the advent of the 6oclock News Tv Movie Critic. The Old Masters have been replaced by homogenized and dumbed down photocopies like Joel Seigel, Jeffrey Lyons, et al.

        Ebert has survived based upon the strength of his print and long form Tv show work. But even he can't hold a candle, as they used to say, to Kael and Sarris.

        That movie companies now make up the critical quotes for advert blurbs, who need em anyway ?
        
        

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