Straw Dogs (1971)

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Straw Dogs (1971)

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Directed by
Sam Peckinpah
Starring
Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, and Peter Vaughan
Written by
David Zelag Goodman, Sam Peckinpah, and Gordon Williams
Cinematography
John Coquillon

Saturday the 28th of January 2012

After moving to his wife's small English village, an American mathematician, played by Hoffman, becomes the target of increasing harassment by the local men. Peckinpah's gut-punch of a film is a brutal look at humanity's baser instincts. On the surface, Hoffman is a man pushed to his breaking point, yet much of his fate is his own making, which raises the question: Was Hoffman avoiding confrontation, or just seeking justification? Peckinpah doesn't provide any answers, just a bleak mirror for us to confront our own darker impulses.

seen via Blu-ray
Directed by
Sam Peckinpah
Starring
Dustin Hoffman Susan George Peter Vaughan
Written by
David Zelag Goodman Sam Peckinpah Gordon Williams
Cinematography
John Coquillon
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