Straw Dogs 07/15/17

The Criterion Collection
Blu-ray

Trailers from Hell’s Charlie Largent takes on Sam Peckinpah’s contribution to the ultra-violent movies of 1971. Originally rated ‘X’, details of a gang rape scene weren’t shown until the home video era arrived. What does a nerdy math professor do when uncouth hooligans take his wife and violate the sanctity of his solid-stone country home? Defend his turf with deadly force, that’s what. Pauline Kael called it ‘fascist cinema,’ but it’s one of Sam’s better pictures. On Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection.
7/15/17