movies (subject to tumblr's inconsistent search engine. for more complete results, try the archive): badlands, blow out, bring me the head of alfredo garcia, cadavres exquis, charley varrick, chinatown, dog day afternoon, il conformista, klute, le cercle rouge, marathon man, mean streets, night moves, point blank, prime cut, save the tiger, serpico, sisters, straight time, the day of the jackal, the don is dead, the driver, the friends of eddie coyle, the getaway, the harder they come, the hot rock, the killing of a chinese bookie, the last of sheila, the long goodbye, the mackintosh man, the onion field, the organization, the parallax view, the spook who sat by the door, the sting, the taking of pelham one two three, the yakuza, three days of the condor, villain, wanda
Prime Cut (1972)
The film does have one great scene, where Marvin and Spacek are chased through a field by a menacing farmer in a columbine tractor. It’s a nice Midwestern twist on the typical chase scene. However, the finale is a similar scene involving a shoot-out in wheat and sunflower fields. The repetition lightens the scene’s weight.
Prime Cut (1972)
IMDB succinctly sums up the plot: “A Chicago mob enforcer (Lee Marvin) is sent to Kansas City to settle a debt with a cattle rancher (Gene Hackman) who not only grinds his enemies into sausage, but sells women as sex slaves (Sissy Spacek).” When Marvin and Hackman first meet, it’s during one of Hackman’s businessman steak luncheons and flesh auctions. His women are kept, naked and drugged, in metal corrals on piles of hay. While the scene is disgusting, it’s also nearly as disturbing to see how the man who supposedly saves Spacek doesn’t treat her as someone with her own needs and own potential for self-actualization.
Prime Cut (1972)
You’d think a ’70s crime drama starring Gene Hackman, Lee Marvin, and Sissy Spacek would be awesome. Nope.
Prime Cut (1972)
Double-cross rancher and Kansas City mobster Mary Ann and this is how you’ll end up.
