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In Reply to: RE: Like Patrick, I'm not a huge fan of Peck's work, especially the older, slow-motion posted by tinear on May 26, 2009 at 07:38:13

but is his candid gore any more shocking than the scene in "The Dirty Dozen" where the boys poured gasoline into the air raid shelter vents and burned and suffocated the Nazi officers and their guests? No gore there but it was plenty disturbing. Still, I certainly understand why some feel it extreme.

One thing about a Peckinpah film is that no one ever left the theater bored.

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In a way, it's apples and oranges - eppis1 17:58:51 05/26/09 (3)
But you make an interesting comparison. Aldrich made some violent films-see "Ulzana's Raid" sometime-and he was a much more successful director than Peckinpah. I think SP's vision of the west was visually more dynamic (maybe bombastic) than that of Aldrich. But they were both really excellent, entertaining filmmakers. I can't think of whose work I like more. Both made big bombs, and both died younger than they should have. The 60's and early 70's were a kind of golden age for westerns (the last, I think), so many good ones.
- "McCabe and Mrs. Miller," Altman's Western, may have been the best of the bunch. nt - tinear 20:24:15 05/26/09 (2)
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  - Agree.... - powermatic 10:57:54 05/29/09 (1)
    or at least one of my favorites. His ability to maintain a subtly consistent mood throughout, the perfect casting (Beatty's typical handsome, charming, and likable dolt on-screen persona was perfect for the part), the location verite (the town seemed as raw as I'm sure a real town would have been, and the final gunfight in the (genuine!) snowstorm is as authentic as it gets). Leonard Cohen-and of course, Vilmos Zsigmond...
    
    One of my all time favorite movies-too bad no one wrote a book about it before Altman's death.
    
    "dammit"
    - How can you fail to mention - tinear 21:11:50 05/30/09 (0)
      Julie Christie!
You've hit on a fundamental point, actually. I'd argue that - tinear 13:36:49 05/26/09 (0)
letting the viewer's imagination work (wow, those Nazis must be burning up!) if far more effective and less disturbing than showing the men enflamed, screaming, features melting.
Good directing, writing, and editing always will trump overindulgence.

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