Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)

[dave jenkins]

Ha, I knew it!

[moorman]

This film had been on my radar for a while.  My attraction to the film are Peckinpah the director and Warren Oates, the main protagonist.  This proejct started slow for me.  The 1970's grimy look and feel of the project didn't help.  This continued for the first half of the film.  The second half is where this comes together.  The director manages to take a tight plot and wring tension and surprises out of it.  Warren Oates as usual brings a superb, nuanced and naturalistic character to the project.  The film is nasty, grimy and  has a very ugly look.  If you can get past that it pays off to watch this to its conclusion.  7.5 out of 10.

[mike siegel]

ALFREDO GARCIA film will be out on Blu-ray this September, another IMPRINT Peckinpah box I co-produced.

A combo together with my own PASSION & POETRY - THE BALLAD OF SAM PECKINPAH, my best shot on both titles...



my supplements:

documentary  PASSION & POETRY ? SAM?S FAVORITE FILM
                       A film by Mike Siegel about the making of Bring me the head
                       of Alfredo Garcia with Isela Vega, Kris Kristofferson, Chalo Gonzalez,
                       Gordon Dawson, Katy Haber, Garner Simmons, Peckinpah ? audio.
                       56 min.  /  HD / english ? stereo

Audio commentary by filmmaker / film historian Mike Siegel
six  US TV ? spots    (2x 60 sec., 4x 30 sec.,  4:3 mono)

featurette  Promoting ALFREDO GARCIA
                 An animated gallery of international posters and lobby cards.  6 min.,  HD

featurette   Filming ALFREDO GARCIA - b/w
                  (a selection of 90 rare b/w production photos.) 8:50 min.,  HD

featurette  Filming ALFREDO GARCIA - color
                 (a selection of 75 rare color production photos.) 7 min.,  HD
       
featurette   A WRITER?S JOURNEY? with Sam Peckinpah in Mexico
                  A interview documentary with Garner Simmons.
                  In 1973 Garner Simmons started his book project ?Peckinpah ? A Portrait in 
                  Montage?. In the autumn of that year he visited Peckinpah in Mexico during   
                  the filming of Alfredo Garcia...
                  26 min.,  english - stereo  / HD  1:1,78

featurette  PECKINPAH IN LOCARNO
                 a conversation with Katy Haber about Alfredo Garcia at the 2015 Peckinpah   
                 retrospective at the Locarno Film Festival.
                15 min. english  / HD 1:1,78

(123 min. + audio-commentary)



PASSION & POETRY - THE BALLAD OF SAM PECKINPAH (2005)

A film by Mike Siegel about the lives & times of Sam Peckinpah featuring James Coburn, Ernest Borgnine, Ali MacGraw, Kris Kristofferson, Senta Berger, Isela Vega, L.Q. Jones,
Bo Hopkins, David Warner, R.G. Armstrong, Vadim Glowna, Roger Fritz, Mario Adorf,
Fern Lea Peter Peckinpah, Lupita Peckinpah, Katy Haber, Gordon Dawson, Dan Melnick,
Chalo Gonzalez, Martin Lewis, Garner Simmons, David Weddle and rare archive footage. Narrated by Monte Hellman.
120 min.  /  HD / english ? stereo



Supplements PASSION & POETRY (182 min. + audio-commentary):

Audio commentary by filmmaker Mike Siegel

STORIES ON A STORYTELLER - A three part documentary with additional interviews.

- Pt1: THE WESTERNER      29 min. / HD

- Pt2: ART & SUCCESS      36 min.  / HD

- Pt3: POET ON THE LOOSE    38 min.  / HD

 
MIKE?s HOMEMOVIES 
Behind the scenes, Retrospectives & Festivals      14 min. / HD


THE PASSION & POETRY PROJECT
A documentary about Mike Siegel and his works on Sam Peckinpah.    43 min. / HD


PASSION & POETRY IN PORTUGAL
A short documentary by Mike Siegel about the 2022 Sam Peckinpah retrospective in Fund?o and Lissabon.  24 min. / HD

[cigar joe]

Very Cool Mike

[Novecento]

Indeed.

If I didn?t have more than copy of Garc?a and Mike?s passion & poetry DVD, I would snap this one up. Am still tempted anyway though.

Now, where are Imprint on Pat Garrett?

I want my 4 film version. Turner #1, TV version #2, Seydor #3, theatrical #4.