Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 106m
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Richard Jaeckel
Synopsis:
Garrett hunts down his former friend at the behest of powerful cattlemen, killing a part of himself in the process.
Review:
In Peckinpah's hands the familiar story is typically elegaic; what we have is very much the Pike Bishop/Deke Thornton relationship from The Wild Bunch, made more downbeat by denying the more heroic character (Garrett - the Kid is never much more than a bum) a glorious finish. Instead, in an ironic variation on the ride-into-the-sunset trope, Peckinpah has a Brandon de Wilde-type boy throw stones after him. Picaresque in structure, the narrative can drag at times, though it is always good to look at.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 106m
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Richard Jaeckel
Synopsis:
Garrett hunts down his former friend at the behest of powerful cattlemen, killing a part of himself in the process.
Review:
In Peckinpah's hands the familiar story is typically elegaic; what we have is very much the Pike Bishop/Deke Thornton relationship from The Wild Bunch, made more downbeat by denying the more heroic character (Garrett - the Kid is never much more than a bum) a glorious finish. Instead, in an ironic variation on the ride-into-the-sunset trope, Peckinpah has a Brandon de Wilde-type boy throw stones after him. Picaresque in structure, the narrative can drag at times, though it is always good to look at.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 106m
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Richard Jaeckel
Synopsis:
Garrett hunts down his former friend at the behest of powerful cattlemen, killing a part of himself in the process.
Review:
In Peckinpah's hands the familiar story is typically elegaic; what we have is very much the Pike Bishop/Deke Thornton relationship from The Wild Bunch, made more downbeat by denying the more heroic character (Garrett - the Kid is never much more than a bum) a glorious finish. Instead, in an ironic variation on the ride-into-the-sunset trope, Peckinpah has a Brandon de Wilde-type boy throw stones after him. Picaresque in structure, the narrative can drag at times, though it is always good to look at.