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Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #75 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

Warren Oates is positively majestic in this achingly beautiful and sad romance/character study from the great Sam Peckinpah.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinOctober 30, 2019Warren Oates, Sam Peckinpah, fatalism, neo-Noir

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #41/Peckinpals #3 Major Dundee (1965)

One of you kind souls paid me to watch and write about ALL of Sam Peckinpah’s movies, including 1965’s Major Dundee, a sort of dry run for The Wild Bunch starring Charlton Heston as an obsessed soldier out for redemption and vengeance.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #38/Peckinpals Project #2 Ride the High Country (1962)

Sam Peckinpah’s career as a Western auteur kicked into his gear with his brilliant second film, the achingly sad, beautiful 1962 western Ride the High Country, which gave long in the tooth cowpokes Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea obscenely juicy roles to play.