hi everybody,
after the recent movie discussion, it got me thinking about
other movies that i've seen that might qualify as hardboiled.
since the hardboiled description is somewhat new to me, i'm
still a bit shaky about what it represents.
anyway, i remember a movie i saw at the cinema a long time
ago called straw dogs. i'd say it was hardboiled. a strange
thing about it is that i've only seen it that once, and never
again. not on tv and i haven't seen it for rent anywhere
either.
but it made a lasting impression on me. if i recall it
correctly a pacifist/ conscientious objector dustin hoffman
moves to england. in a recurrent theme, the local thugs press
him far enough that he rejects his pacifist beliefs and gives
em holy hell. i remember lye boiling on the stove. i remember
(or think i do) a rape scene where his wife appears to start
enjoying it. whoa! thats gotta be the ultimate feminist
heresy. maybe i'm dreaming and that scene never occurred. you
couldn't do it nowadays. thats for sure.
sam peckinpah, i believe. i'd like to see that movie
again.
miker
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