Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1974
18+
1h 52m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,4/10

22 k

MA NOTE

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

An American barroom pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect the bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

Liretrailer1 min 59 s

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Contemporary Western Dark Comedy Tragedy Action Crime Drama Thriller Western

Un pianiste de bar américain et sa petite amie prostituée partent en voyage à travers la pègre mexicaine pour récolter une prime sur la tête d'un gigolo mort.Un pianiste de bar américain et sa petite amie prostituée partent en voyage à travers la pègre mexicaine pour récolter une prime sur la tête d'un gigolo mort.Un pianiste de bar américain et sa petite amie prostituée partent en voyage à travers la pègre mexicaine pour récolter une prime sur la tête d'un gigolo mort.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,4/10

22 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 2 nominations au total

Anecdotes
The only movie directed by Sam Peckinpah that he had final cut on - all the others were re-cut by the studios.

Gaffes
As Bennie crosses inside his apartment, alone, and talks to Alfredo's head, a crewman in black clothing is visible, ducking behind an adjacent transom. His arm reappears a second later, as Bennie reaches for a bottle in the pantry.

Citations
Bennie: There ain't nothing sacred about a hole in the ground or the man that's in it. Or you. Or me.

Générique farfelu
There are only three credits at the beginning of the film: The production credit, the two stars, and the story/screenplay. Everything else is at the end, and the film's title is the very last credit.

Connexions
Featured in Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993)

Bandes originales
Bennie's Song
by Isela Vega

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Commentaire en vedette

Peckinpah's Dark Journey...

BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA is Sam Peckinpah's most intimate and underrated film. I can think of few other films of this caliber that are as neglected or unsung.

A bizarre, sleazy film that has Peckinpah's signature trademarks - his romance with John Huston's TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, loners, Mexico at it's grittiest, slow-motion violence.

When I saw it the first few times, the film seemed to wander aimlessly at various stretches and Peckinpah's direction felt tired to me. Even though Peckinpah can still lift you two inches off the ground with his action sequences, it doesn't have the kinetic impulse running thru it like THE WILD BUNCH, STRAW DOGS, THE GETAWAY or CROSS OF IRON.

Knowing now what I do about his career, I suspect the tiredness was authentic, due to his battles with studio executives and a self- destructive life. This knowledge and the ensuing years of experiencing the picture, have taken on added meaning and enriched it for me. Bennie the down and out piano player, memorably played by Peckinpah's Bogart, Warren Oates, is a wonderful alter ego for the director.

Starring Oates and Isela Vega and a strong supporting cast which includes Gig Young, Robert Webber and Emilio Fernandez. The excellent score is by Peckinpah's best composer, Jerry Fielding.

It may take several viewings but sit back and relish the sad poetry of an authentic film artist, Sam Peckinpah.