Comments on: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

By: Christopher55

Christopher55 — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:56:00 +0000

This is just a flat-out fun movie. William Goldman’s script sings and there are numerous great moments and lines of dialogue. If you were an outlaw, you’d want to ride with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Katherine Ross has never looked lovelier. Plus Strother Martin has a wonderful character part. :I’m colorful.”

Butch and Sundance is on my top ten of westerns. Another western on that list, also released in 1969, is the exact opposite in attitude and demeanor while it deals with the end of the West also — The Wild Bunch.

By: Paul McElligott

Paul McElligott — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:43:00 +0000

True, but take a contemporary to Butch like The Love Bug. That film may reflect the something about the time it was made but you would have made basically the same film during the fifties or the seventies. I doubt you could say the same about Butch. Some films are more precise reflections of their times than others.

By: Biff

Biff — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 05:35:00 +0000

In saying that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid expresses the spirit of the time in which it was made, you bring forth the point that all films reflect the times in which they are made, including films depicting earlier historical periods, which reflect the contemporary mindsets and values of the directors and screenwriters.

For instance, were Gone With the Wind to be re-made, it would tell us as much about today, as about the years 1860-65.