"...after all, there's never been a kingdom given to so much bloodshed as that of Christ."
- David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) gets provocative with a local reverend in Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971).
Friday, June 29, 2012
Cult Movie Wisdom of the Week: Straw Dogs (1971)
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