The Proposition Review #2
Ok, I wrote my initial notes on this film just after I saw it, and I was very affected by the film's violence. Now that I have had the opportunity to get the blood out of my visual memory, and the buzzing of all those flies out of my head, I want to say one more thing.
Just as "Bonnie and Clyde"(1967), "The Wild Bunch"(1969), and "Night of the Living Dead" (1968) are now all seen as reactions to the graphic images coming out of Vietnam, I ask the question: does "The Proposition" have a modern equivalent? The violence in this film is gross, taken too far, with swarming flies living off the fresh corpses everywhere. In a decade or so, will we have other such examples like "The Proposition" to point to, as being the reaction in film to some of the things happening in the world right now? Does the frustration and fear and anger many people feel, brought on by acts of terror, have a reflection in this film? I don't know the answer, but thought I'd pose the question.
Just as "Bonnie and Clyde"(1967), "The Wild Bunch"(1969), and "Night of the Living Dead" (1968) are now all seen as reactions to the graphic images coming out of Vietnam, I ask the question: does "The Proposition" have a modern equivalent? The violence in this film is gross, taken too far, with swarming flies living off the fresh corpses everywhere. In a decade or so, will we have other such examples like "The Proposition" to point to, as being the reaction in film to some of the things happening in the world right now? Does the frustration and fear and anger many people feel, brought on by acts of terror, have a reflection in this film? I don't know the answer, but thought I'd pose the question.
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