I just got back from seeing this picture at probably my favorite film theater but I arrived a bit late and missed the first 10 minutes with the gunfight they said was really quite brilliant. So perhaps my view on this picture alters from the masses but I still give thumbs up and say that this film is an AFI asset. This film was not boring like the westerns of old and even thought Sergio's films were cinematic gold, I feel they grow tedious with a secondary watching, but this film had action told a simple tale and sets and scenery right to the smallest detail. The acting was great, the dialogue never clunky and morals we're clear though not in the beginning. It gave the right impression of this barren land where the flies are small demons and heat sucks out your soul and all your feelings. Where the sun turns from enemy to an artist's impression of the beauty we all know we could be achieving. This film is violent but not for no reason, it shocks you and scares you into believing what the morals and ethics are hidden within this exciting western set in Australia with bushrangers and trackers and knives and gun wheelin'. Truly a great film that I was glad to be watching showing the world that Australia can do it and maybe they'll give somebody who had a part in it an Oscar or award, but I wouldn't count on it.
Review of The Proposition
