Chasing after a bounty on the head of an already dead man, an alcoholic pianist (Warren Oates) forges a violent path through the heart of Mexico with his prostitute girlfriend (Isela Vega) along for the ride. Unrelentingly violent and bleak in its outlook, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia was despised upon its initial release, but has, with time, become appreciated as one of Peckinpah’s greatest achievements. “If there is anything to auteur theory, then Alfredo Garcia is the most autobiographical film Peckinpah ever made.” —Roger Ebert. Mature audiences only.
Appears in: 2018 on Celluloid, Genrified! Cult & Other Curiosities
Genres: Action, Crime
Other Films by Sam Peckinpah
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
One of the most tumultuous productions in Hollywood history, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid has nonetheless become the stuff of lore as perhaps the quintessential revisionist Western, despite being trashed by critics on its initial release. Kris Kristofferson plays the outlaw gunslinger Billy the Kid, with James Coburn as the ex-outlaw Pat Garrett—now hired …