Sonny and Jed
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
Sombre, breathless, measured outlaw-couple / corbucci, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →As thoroughly unlikeable a robber as ever walked the West, Joe nonetheless robs from the rich and gives to the poor. Not only is he a murderous, ill-tempered sort, he is bad-mannered, too. When beautiful Sonny decides he should be her man and teach her how to be a proper outlaw, sparks fly.
Our read · Sonny and Jed (1972) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded outlaw-couple · corbucci · morricone entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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