it's definitely available on video here in the US. it used to
be banned on video in the uk (their weird screen violence
rules), i'm not sure if it's available there yet. an intense,
horrifying, amazing film. and you're not making up the rape
scene, by the way.
martha
sakana@swbell.net <mailto:
sakana@swbell.net>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca [mailto:
owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca]On
> Behalf Of Michael Robison
>
> 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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