From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 14 Aug 2020 02:13:20 +0000 (UTC), Howard   
    wrote:   
      
   >Boron Elgar  wrote   
   >   
   >> When it about to come out after oodles of trouble between Peckinpah   
   >> and the studio, , the word was that it stunk, so much so that they had   
   >> trouble filling the theater for a particular preview one evening. They   
   >> papered the house as best they could with a lot of people peripherally   
   >> involved in the business, thinking we'd all be sympathetic admirers of   
   >> Peckipah, and I was one of the suckers who accepted a free ticket, I   
   >> think because it was rumored that Dylan and some of the others names   
   >> might show up (that was not unusual, publicity viewings were common   
   >> then, I knew peeps in the biz and the actors were often there for   
   >> draw)..   
   >>   
   >> I did not get my money's worth.   
   >   
   >That's hilarious. I guess maybe because it was shot in Mexico, or maybe   
   >because Pekinpah was incredibly harsh, nobody from the studio bothered to   
   >check on how things were going before it was too late.   
   >   
   >> I have to admit, though, that I have never been a fan of Peckipah. My   
   >> only claim to fame was that it was a long time before other people got   
   >> to see it.   
   >   
   >I liked the Wild Bunch, which is still a mess but a lot more coherent than   
   >this.   
   >   
   >Supposedly Convoy is fun, but I read that James Coburn actually directed   
   >most of it because Pekinpah was too drunk to manage it.   
      
   Mostly, I find him too violent and 100% male-centric in a pseudo-butch   
   sort of way. I do like Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, though.   
      
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