The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch
Cinema’s Founding Act of Violence
Gérard Camy’s thesis is that the violence in The Wild Bunch expresses the director’s pessimistic view of unredeemed (and potentially unredeemable) human nature. The film’s shootouts—raw, seemingly unmediated—are indicative of a societal breakdown of not just restraint but norms.
Keywords: European film criticism, violence in films, children, societal norms, pessimism
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