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Tag Archives: Sam Peckinpah
Movie Poster Du Jour: “Straw Dogs”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Surely one of the iconic movie advertising images of its era. When the eyeglasses have been broken, you know you’re in for trouble. One of my favorite symbolic chestnuts. Related Paleo Retiree on the “Straw Dogs” … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial art, Movies
Tagged "Dustin Hoffman", Film, Movie Posters, movies, Sam Peckinpah, Straw Dogs
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Knockin’
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Slim Pickens’ demise in “Pat Garret & Billy the Kid” is probably my favorite movie death scene. Pickens, a cowboy-movie staple, was typically a farcical figure — the guy you’d laugh at between the shoot-outs and the daring feats of … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Performers
Tagged Bob Dylan, Film, Katy Jurado, movies, Pat Garret & Billy the Kid, Sam Peckinpah, Slim Pickens, westerns
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“Straw Dogs” (2011)
Paleo Retiree writes: I was a little wary about watching Rod Lurie’s remake of “Straw Dogs.” Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 thriller is a genuine landmark — one of the most notorious, controversial films in movie history, and for plenty of good … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged "Dustin Hoffman", "James Woods", "Susan George", horror, Kate Bosworth, remakes, Rod Lurie, Sam Peckinpah, thrillers
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Exploitation Movie Posters
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: These days, everyone loves old exploitation movies — even smart people. In fact, it seems to me that old exploitation movies are to the artsy-smartsy set of today what Hollywood classics starring Bogart and Cagney were to the artsy-smartsy … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial art, Movies, Performers, Sex
Tagged 13 Assassins, American International Pictures, Audition, Blaxploitation, Breakdown, Crank, Edwige Fenech, Exploitation, Frank Tashlin, Freeway, Greg McLean, Grindhouse, Herschell Gordon Lewis, horror, Ichi the Killer, Jack Hill, Jonathan Demme, Jonathan Mostow, Kung Fu, Matthew Bright, Movie Posters, movies, Neveldine/Taylor, Pam Grier, Quentin Tarantino, Rob Zombie, Roberta Collins, Roger Corman, Russ Meyer, Sam Fuller, Sam Peckinpah, Sid Haig, Takashi Miike, The Devil's Rejects, The Human Centipede, Tom Six, Wolf's Creek
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