Not sure where I stand on the issue of the lyrics to Knocking on Heaven's Door.Did Peckinpah originally want them in or out?
I agree, perhaps even more so. I've explained before my indifference towards the film's big emotional set piece, Slim Pickens' demise. It's a nice little self-contained scene, but we've only met the character about three minutes ago. Why care if he bites it?
Nobody really knows. But for me it makes this intensive scene even more intensive. I can't watch it without the lyrics. (well I can, but it makes me a bit sad)
The was supposed to be in as far as I know. But Jerry Fielding (who was against the soundtrack anyway, for obvious reasons) once commented on it, saying that the scene speaks for itself and is so strong it wouldn't need verbalizing on the soundtrack. In a different movie - he would be right. In Sam's hippie western the song fits in great.
I think btw that many people have problems with this film because they don't understand it.
y'all ever hear of something called "fan edits"?
I wonder if you understand that it's possible to "understand" a movie and still dislike it.
Yes, and they stink whether done by a film critic or a nerd who's seen Star Wars 5,000,000,000 times.