STRAW DOGS III

Dustin Hoffman in Straw Dogs

STRAW DOGS Review: Part II
At film’s end, when Amy takes a few moments before shooting the last assailant — who is attacking David — Prince sees this as evidence of their bad marriage. In actuality, that is clearly the character fighting through her trauma while trying to act. Likewise, he takes a hard line on Venner’s supposed rape of Amy, mouthing the usual banalities and misinterpretations even though, as stated above, what takes place is clearly not rape. Much of his ‘analysis’ is of the sort where an egghead reads some deep significance into an eye gouge in a Three Stooges comedy short.
Disc Two is better. It has all the supplements, [...]

by Dan Schneider | February 28, 2007   
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STRAW DOGS II – Dustin Hoffman, Susan George

Dustin Hoffman in Straw Dogs

STRAW DOGS Review: Part I
Tom Hedden loathes the Niles clan, even though his family is just as sick. In fact, all of the English villagers, including Amy, are sick in some way. This fact shines through in her claims that she hates being ogled while doing everything to encourage it. The lone exception to this seemingly genetic inbreeding is the town constable, Major John Scott (T. P. McKenna).
Amy tries to spur David to act more manly; this is especially true after the locals kill the Sumners’ cat and hang it in their closet. Some critics claim David killed the cat, but it’s clear from his initial reaction to it that he is wholly [...]

by Dan Schneider | February 28, 2007   
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STRAW DOGS d: Sam Peckinpah

Straw Dogs (1971)
Direction: Sam Peckinpah
Screenplay: David Zelag Goodman and Sam Peckinpah; from Gordon Williams’ novel The Siege of Trencher’s Farm
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, T.P. McKenna, Del Henney, Jim Norton, Donald Webster, Ken Hutchison, Len Jones, Sally Thomsett, Robert Keegan, Peter Arne
 

Dustin Hoffman, Susan George in Straw Dogs
 

By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica:
If there has ever been a more over-interpreted and stolidly misinterpreted film than director Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 Straw Dogs, I’ve yet to encounter it. Films like Citizen Kane and 2001: A Space Odyssey have had more ink spilled over them, but most of the ideas tossed about are on the money and far less is read into them. Also, those two classics have one big [...]

by Dan Schneider | February 28, 2007   
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