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Editor's Note: The following contains the topic of rape and sexual assaultFew directors were as closely associated with violence as Sam Peckinpah. Films like The Wild Bunch, The Getaway, and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia were defined by their pessimistic worldview and obsession with carnage. But no other Peckinpah movie caused as much of a stir as Straw Dogs, a revenge flick with depictions of rape and vigilante violence that bordered on endorsement.
✕ Remove Ads Straw Dogs found itself embroiled in controversy upon its release, as a broader discussion about violence in cinema was taking place. Like fellow 1971 titles Dirty Harry, A Clockwork Orange, Shaft, and the best picture Oscar-winner, The French Connection, it seemed to glorify the savagery perpetuated by its lead character, who viewed brutality as the only response to an unjust world.
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