"BLOODY SAM" ON THE GRIM REALITY OF KILLING -- A WARNING TO THE REST OF US.
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on assorted film stills from the bloody conclusion of the American epic revisionist Western "The Wild Bunch" (1969), directed and co-written by Sam Peckinpah. Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
“… killing a man isn’t clean and quick and simple. It’s bloody and awful. And maybe if enough people come to realize that shooting somebody isn’t just fun and games, maybe we’ll get somewhere.”
— SAM PECKINPAH (American film director/screenwriter/cinema iconoclast)
I will never forget the first time I watched this Gaspar Noe film. “Enter the Void” was screening at the Laemmle Sunset 5 (which has since become another AMC Dine-In Theater), and I had been very, very eager to check out his long-awaited follow-up to his powerful and devastating “Irreversible.”
Noe has always been a playful filmmaker when it comes to title credits, regardless of whether appear…
"life doesnt get better, you just get stronger" does NOT include ages 11-17. life does in fact just get better from there. those years are dogshit. like, you do get stronger but its mostly just a factor of not being 11-17 anymore. positive thinking helps but it doesnt fix whatevers going on at 15, you have to brute force through that one raw
Butch Cassidy and The Wild Bunch Colorado connections
He was born Robert LeRoy Parker (April 13, 1866) in Utah Territory. But he went by the alias Butch Cassidy. His claim to fame was train and bank robbery in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He was also the leader of the outlaw gang...
He was born Robert LeRoy Parker (April 13, 1866) in Utah Territory. But he went by the alias Butch Cassidy. His claim to fame was train and bank robbery in the late 19th century and early 20th century. He was also the leader of the outlaw gang “The Wild Bunch” which included The Sundance Kid. Butch Cassidy and his gang had many connections with Colorado. One thing is for sure, Butch Cassidy, The…
"WE WANTED TO SHOW VIOLENCE IN REAL TERMS. DYING IS NOT FUN AND GAMES."
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on assorted visceral film stills from one of the greatest films ever made -- the American epic revisionist Western, "The Wild Bunch" (1969), directed and co-written by Sam Peckinpah. Warner Bros-Seven Arts.
"We wanted to show violence in real terms. Dying is not fun and games. Movies make it look so detached. With "The Wild Bunch," people get involved whether they like it or not. They do not have the mild reactions to it."
— SAM PECKINPAH on depicting violence onscreen in his classic revisionist Western (American filmmaker/cinema legend)
Wolfie and Four friendship appreciation doodles! They're shared secrets besties! I hope Four's distrust of the shadow crystal doesn't drive anything between them. Wild found his way into this compilation with a force. It seems I can't draw Wolfie and not include him too!