Straw Dogs

Straw Dogs (1971)

a film by Sam Peckinpah

When one faces the 1000 best movies ever made it is normal to start watching each movie with a defiant attitude, ready to judge any mistake that would make it unworthy of our own list. I started watching Straw Dogs with this attitude and it blew in my face giving an amazing kick off to EleKino.

I didn't have any previous hint to the plot of this movie and that's exactly how I would recommend approaching to it. The calm voice of Dustin Hoffman drove me all the way through this story. From the surprise recognizing the correct equations of stellar equilibrium in his blackboard to hell breaking loose, to the violence hunting you to a place you can't find shelter.

This story brings a nice detour to make impressions of the American society at this time. With the end of the 60's the dream was over and reality took over. The brutal human condition haunted this character while looking for a quiet space to follow his work in peace and scape from his own country.

This is not a watch-and-go-home movie. The images from this movie keep popping up in my mind and I think of the violent nature of the human beings, the bullying and misogyny, the scientific work always time-thirst as reality keeps developing in brutal ways.