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Originally Posted by Blitzgal
I might watch The Wild Bunch. The idea of starting the story at the end of their career when the rest of the West has left them behind is very interesting to me.
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yeah that was his take on westerns (and he was the first one to do it, others followed). his west was realistic, desperate, broken, with heroes coming that were real people, weathered, taken over by modern times and close to death.
and yet they all have one last shot to be glorious. and he shot the violence with the early, cool, first examples of slo-mo. he wanted to give the feeling you have when chaos is happenings where at times stuff goes fast but at times everything slows down and freezes.
He did also an interesting take on war with cross of iron, although it was a royally messed up movie. (back then producers were not as ruthless as today but didnt appreciate an alcoholic director who reacted at them by smashing stuff on their head)