![]() While it has nothing of the distressing and arousing qualities of the original, the new version functions pretty well as a thriller in its own right. Plus I had my usual anxieties about whether the remake might spoil my memories of the original.īut over the weekend curiosity finally got the better of me and I slipped the DVD in the player. ![]() For better or worse, it’s “a Peckinpah film” before it’s anything else. ![]() When’s the last time a new movie gave you a decent excuse for a substantial argument?) Lurie’s a talented director, but what could a remake of “Straw Dogs” possibly have to offer? It’s not as though the material or the plot were the major sources of the original film’s fascination. ![]() (It was one of those hard-to-sort-your-feelings-out-about ’70s movies, like “A Clockwork Orange” and “Dirty Harry,” that really divided audiences and got people arguing. I was a little wary about watching Rod Lurie’s remake of “Straw Dogs.” Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 thriller is a genuine landmark - one of the most notorious, controversial films in movie history, and for plenty of good reasons, most of them having to do with Peckinpah’s unique gifts, viewpoint and sensibility. ![]()
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