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Mood:
- RoughTenseBleakCaptivatingBitingCynical
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Plot:
- Nothing Goes RightObsessive QuestVengeanceCrimesRivalryBounty HunterInvestigationPsychological more...
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Genres:
- DramaCrimeThriller
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century70s
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Place:
- Mexico
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Humor:
- Dark Humor
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Style:
- On the Road
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- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Strong Violent Content
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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, 1974
English, Spanish
USA, Mexico
Profile of Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia can be described as tense, rough, and biting. The plot revolves around an obsessive quest, a situation where nothing goes right, and vengeance. Its comic aspect comes from dark humor. Its main genres are drama, thriller, and crime. In terms of style, it has a road movie structure. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in Mexico. It takes place in the 20th century. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed. Note that it involves strong violent content.
Summary of Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
In 1974, Sam Peckinpah directed BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA, a film that is, even for Peckinpah, relentlessly bleak in its portrayal of life. Tellingly, it was one of the last films Peckinpah produced; it was also the fearsome director's personal favorite of the many movies he directed. Warren Oates stars as Bennie, a piano-player who happens upon two bounty hunters who have been dispatched by a Mexican rancher to collect the head of Alfredo Garcia. It seems that Garcia had impregnated the rancher's daughter, who wants his head as indisputable proof that this deviant is dead, and won't be bothering his family again. Penniless and out of luck, Bennie does a little snooping of his own, discovers that his girlfriend knows where the final resting place of Garcia is, and decides to usurp the bounty hunters by severing Garcia's head and collecting the cash for himself. Peckinpah unleashes some ferocious scenes of violence as Bennie attempts to complete his task, while Oates is magnificent as Bennie, who slides into madness as events take a turn for the worse; he even resorts to talking to Garcia's decapitated head, and washing it in the shower.
A truly awesome addition to Peckinpah's canon of films, BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA is often unfairly overlooked in favor of more popular Peckinpah fare such as THE WILD BUNCH and STRAW DOGS. While the film may be shot through with Peckinpah's trademark misogyny and violence, it nevertheless remains a potent ride through humanity's dark side, with Peckinpah training his unrelenting camera on some gruesome scenes that remain long in the memory after the final credits fade.
Details
| Language: | English, Spanish |
| Country: | USA, Mexico |
| Release date: | 14 August 1974 |
| Runtime: | 112 min |
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