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Excellent film

posted 16 years ago by Reverend-Flasher
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I've been a huge Peckinpah fan for years but I've only recently seen "The Ballad Of Cable Hogue".

I have to say that I didn't know what to expect, I'd read the synopsis and analyses in the various biographies/guides, but after viewing "...Hogue" I consider it one of Peckinpah's very best.

The movie moved me in a way I haven't felt in a long time, the funeral at the ending had me in tears. If you know a lot about Sam's personal life and beliefs, you will see his heart and soul laid bare in the character of Cable Hogue. The bittersweet irony of the death of the west and the gradual intrusion of the modern world is perfectly portrayed and coupled with a very poignant and relevant statement on relationships and their sometimes unintentionally destructive consequences.

As good as "The Wild Bunch", it just approaches similar themes from a different angle.

In memory of Sam Peckinpah

[–] ScopeWatcher 16 years ago

As the good Rev. Joshua Duncan Sloane concludes: Amen.

[–] hockeynut16 16 years ago

Great film. Amen.

[–] sirk46 16 years ago

Amen inded.

[–] OlexeiTolchev 16 years ago

I really enjoyed it as well. Jason Robards was fantastic, I would have loved if the movie was just about him and his little outpust meeting random characters like Warner's for the entire running time

Still a great movie though, the ending is particulary memorable.

[–] csu16387 10 years ago

I'm a fan of this film as well. I've heard that The Ballad of Cable Hogue was Peckinpah's favorite out of all his films.

"I think we've out-sophisticated ourselves out of some of the pleasures of movies."

[–] joekiddlouischama 10 years ago

As good as "The Wild Bunch", it just approaches similar themes from a different angle.

Yes, Peckinpah's versatility in that sense is commendable, as is The Ballad of Cable Hogue.

[–] TimeTunnel (4769) 9 months ago

That's one of my favourite Westerns!...funny and tough. 🤠
And I really don't understand the extreme dislike of some people.

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That Dirty Black Back (2022)
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