1973 · Beverly Hills, CA
by Sam Peckinpah (director); Rudy Wurlitzer (screenwriter); James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Jason Robards (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1973. Vintage studio still photograph of director Sam Peckinpah on the set of the 1973 film.
A very nearly experimental Western made by Peckinpah at his peak, sufficiently strange to have remained of interest only to the most intense fans of revisionism. Comparable only to "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" (1971) and "The Shooting" (1966) in terms of sheer impressionism being laid upon the genre, with iconic imagery and super-stylization in every frame. Particularly so in the case of Bob Dylan, whose mysteriousness was yet again renewed by his performance as "Alias" in the film.
Filmed on location (truncated)
A very nearly experimental Western made by Peckinpah at his peak, sufficiently strange to have remained of interest only to the most intense fans of revisionism. Comparable only to "McCabe and Mrs. Miller" (1971) and "The Shooting" (1966) in terms of sheer impressionism being laid upon the genre, with iconic imagery and super-stylization in every frame. Particularly so in the case of Bob Dylan, whose mysteriousness was yet again renewed by his performance as "Alias" in the film.
Filmed on location (truncated)
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