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116 - Straw Dogs

The Video Archives Podcast with Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary

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The Director of Tomorrow Never Dies

"I'm gonna pick it best of times, baby, best of time," Peckinpah says. "You just walked into like a landmine ... You walked into a power." The film's eroticizing rape and misogynistic sadism are among its most controversial points. But the editing is so good that they use slow-mo when she gets slapped.

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