tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post2371548273233351005..comments2024-03-18T00:41:13.588-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: DOWN A DUSTY ROAD: MR. PEEL WRITES ABOUT SAM PECKINPAH'S JUNIOR BONNERDennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-71954449839574190592010-05-06T13:21:24.100-07:002010-05-06T13:21:24.100-07:00I'm sitting here more than a little speechless...I'm sitting here more than a little speechless after reading this. Many thanks for saying that, it means a lot.Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-30395089675079340192010-05-06T11:44:40.351-07:002010-05-06T11:44:40.351-07:00I recently re-visited this film for Jason Bellamy&...I recently re-visited this film for Jason Bellamy's Steve McQueen blogathon. Writing about the film for the blogathon I realized that I responded to the film much more in reflection than I did while watching the film. It's such a beautiful, elegiac film, and it's disheartening that it never got recognized for the film it was while Peckinpah was alive. He tried to go subtle and gentle for one film and he got (unfairly) panned for it. <br /><br />I've been reading a lot of Cormac McCarthy lately, too, and it seems that the themes of his Border Trilogy go hand-in-hand with what Peckinpah and McQueen were doing with <i>Junior Bonner</i>.<br /><br />Enjoy watching this great, criminally underrated film!Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.com