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Taverner

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5. It's not a period piece

Reply to Orrex (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 28, 2013, 03:45 PM

Oct 2013

It was the first "meta" Western

Before "The Unforgiven" or "Blazing Saddles" or "Rustler's Rhapsody"

Basically it's a road movie and seen through those eyes, instead of a period piece, it makes much more sense.

They are two hippies/beatniks/bohemians who have a vision, when the rest of the world is wearing bifocals

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Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid lost me at Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head [View all] Orrex Oct 2013 OP

One can only assume it was a concession to get Burt Bacharach fully committed to the project Brother Buzz Oct 2013 #1

The bicycle itself was cool, sure Orrex Oct 2013 #7

As a kid watching the old cowboy films, I learned to sit silently through the mushy kissing scenes Brother Buzz Oct 2013 #11

Not to me. I think that movie is perfect, every scene, every detail Taverner Oct 2013 #2

How can you shoehorn that piece of 70s crap soft rock into a period piece? Orrex Oct 2013 #3

It's not a period piece Taverner Oct 2013 #5

Yeah, I heard Newman recite that strained line, too. Orrex Oct 2013 #6

Before that movie, there were no "semi-pacifist" outlaws in movies Taverner Oct 2013 #9

That is true of Sundance, but I had not heard that about Butch Cassidy. Boomerproud Oct 2013 #14

i loved that scene & loved that song orleans Oct 2013 #8

Bah! Orrex Oct 2013 #12

(it also took best song...raindrops) n/t orleans Oct 2013 #13

It was my favorite song as a kid blueamy66 Oct 2013 #16

Still haven't seen it yet. tenderfoot Oct 2013 #18

Heresy!!! nt MrScorpio Oct 2013 #4

I guess Sophia Coppola's Marie Antoinette isn't your thing either jakeXT Oct 2013 #10

"The Sting" was equally anachronistic, with that ragtime score set in the 1930s! kwassa Oct 2013 #15

You can listen to music post-period, though Orrex Oct 2013 #17

It was the '70s. You had to be there. & I don't remember if I was. nt UTUSN Oct 2013 #19