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Tag Archives: Warren Oates
Sleeping Dogs (1977)
Not just the movie that kickstarted the New Zealand filmmaking boom and gave the world Sam Neill, Sleeping Dogsis also a wildly entertaining and furiously political action flick which slowly morphs into a kiwi Rambo. Moves like a rollercoaster but rattles on … Continue reading
The Hired Hand (1971)
Peter Fonda used his Easy Rider cred to make this, a woozy and poetic western that forgoes the grit and violence of the day to tell a human story that’s more about heartbreak than gunshots. Shot by the great Vilmos Zsigmond … Continue reading
"This Film Should Be Played Loud" 