Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid ***
Sam Peckinpah, 1973
US
@ Landmark Metro
I'm pretty much a sucker for an elegiac western, not to mention one that features a winking, grinning Bob Dylan. Not terribly excited about anything Kris Kristofferson does here, particularly as he's almost twice as old as the character he's playing. James Coburn's a force of nature, though, and Kristofferson is a good model for him to gaze at. Sort of the young buck vs. the embittered careerist conundrum, kind of appropriate for the beginning of the Me Decade. Coburn's pained looks and self-loathing are practically a work of art in and of themselves, deepened by his rough, terse declarations. Tough to believe he's only 45 here.
See also: IMDb
Sam Peckinpah, 1973
US
@ Landmark Metro
I'm pretty much a sucker for an elegiac western, not to mention one that features a winking, grinning Bob Dylan. Not terribly excited about anything Kris Kristofferson does here, particularly as he's almost twice as old as the character he's playing. James Coburn's a force of nature, though, and Kristofferson is a good model for him to gaze at. Sort of the young buck vs. the embittered careerist conundrum, kind of appropriate for the beginning of the Me Decade. Coburn's pained looks and self-loathing are practically a work of art in and of themselves, deepened by his rough, terse declarations. Tough to believe he's only 45 here.
See also: IMDb
Labels: 1970s, 3 Stars, Sam Peckinpah, US
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