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This is one time that I have to take exception to the house reviewer. Yes, it’s an essential piece of American cinema. Yes, it’s one of Peckinpah’s best films. But the review overlooks so much.
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This was the cinematic swan song for two more-than-noteworthy stars of quintessentially American movies. Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott both turn in magnificent performances, as do the extras– notably Peckinpah regular (and perhaps the most under-appreciated American actor ever to grace the screen) Warren Oates. And you don’t have to look fast for him, folks. He’s a big part of the film.
In a way, Ride the High Country was deconstructionist before Unforgiven ever hit the big screen– by thirty years or so. Like Eastwood’s hit, the film manages to express reverence for and contempt of the mythology of the American West at the same time. All the stock players are here, but never presented as stereotypes. Bankers, prostitutes, prospectors, missionaries, young bucks, lawmen, hucksters and outlaws. Anyone familiar with westerns knows the drill. Only this time it’s different.
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Though recognized as a genius, Peckinpah is just as often derided as a misogynistic Hemingway-wannabe these days. What a shame. This film is no macho fantasy. Instead, it’s a look at the seemingly inevitable (and lamentable) decay of principles that results when high-minded people find themselves in a situation and a setting that doesn’t conform to their preconceptions of how things ought to be (Straw Dogs, anyone?)– and what happens when they ‘return to normalcy’ in the wake of atrocity. When everything’s on the line, one might just be faced with the sort of challenge to faith (in anything held dear) that we all dread confronting. Stand true and lose it all, or sell out and win? Or is there an easy out? This would be a theme throughout the director’s work, but here it is ingeniously presented in an ostensibly straightforward horse opera that cleverly plays on viewer expectations. What appears to be another entry in a breezy, escapist genre ultimately reveals itself to be a meditation on just how difficult it is to ever escape the travails of life. And how much it can cost to achieve that same goal.
As much as the film points an accusing finger at the western, there are many ways in which the director expresses his own sense of hope that such fairy-tale wishes could come true. Guess I’ll have to settle for the Police Academy box set while I wait for this one to turn up on DVD…..
This is what they mean when they say, “they don’t make them like that anymore.” With all the praise inexplicably heaped on a piece of crap called “A History of Violence”, a ridiculous, mindless film, based on a barely literate cartoon strip, you often wonder exactly what has happened to American films - which used to be the envy of the world for their craftsmanship and acting. “Ride the High Country” was apparently considered a very good little “B” movie in its first release - but time and care now reveals it to be an American classic. Two terrific actors, in their glorious twilight, working with an upcoming director, team up for a beautifully crafted, gorgeously filmed and scored, Western about character and justice. TCM has been showing the widescreen version of this gem for a couple of years - and now here it is where it belongs - on DVD for every true film fan to see. Forget Tarantino’s mindless violence. Forget the quick cuts and lack of storytelling talent of practically every film director in the business right now: this is how it is done, and the director of this film never did as well (he too lapsed into cheap “slow motion” violence and other inhuman traits as his own film career lurched on). Here we have a story told with depth and clarity - and HUMANITY. Scott and McCrea are two great stars who know something about manhood, decency, wit, grace, and strength. Where are these kinds of films now? Where are the male actors who can inhabit these roles with some degree of class, grace, and strength? Why can’t ANYONE do a simple, clear, human Western, as it was once done, which often had so much to say about contemporary times (”High Noon,” as one example)? At least we have this and you can’t argue with it: a spare, stunning Western, with one of the great climaxes in film history. A MUST!
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