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www.film.u-net.com - : I'm willing to wager that after surfacing from Deliverance, there were plenty of white-collar workers who thought twice about booking a weekend in the backcountry. Rarely has such an unflattering portrait of a sub-culture been sketched out, forever colouring one's opinion. And who's to say that the film's wrong? Out there in the wilds of Georgia, it's easy to believe that different rules might apply; away from the taming influence of modern-day civilisation, anything could happen. Ironically that's exactly the quality that attracts the four urban businessmen of James Dickey's novel, the chance to pit themselves against Nature. Of course what they want is not actual risk but its semblance, a taster sharp enough to remind them that they're alive. more...
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www.filmcritic.com - : It's got the most memorable opening on movie history -- ''Duelling Banjos'' speaks for itself after 30 years -- and one of the cinema's most horrifying rape scenes as well (most recently aped in Pulp Fiction). This tale of ''city boys'' taking a weekend trip by canoe down a soon-to-be-dammed river is about primitivism of both the all-talk and the real kind, and how desperate circumstances can make real men out of the weakest of wills. A landmark in movie history. more...
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www.sover.net - : Deliverance is British director John Boorman's (''Zardoz ''/''Point Blank'') boy's adventure story with adult incidents that's a near masterpiece. It's based on the 1970 novel by James Dickey that calls attention to the ecological concerns of the author who fears modern man has lost contact with nature and is mistakenly relying completely on machines for his survival. It's a splendidly stunning visual spectacle as photographed by Vilmos Zsigmond. more...
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