Tag: Peckinpah

  • Shattered Masculinities: Muscular pulp and feminine tears

    Shattered Masculinities: Muscular pulp and feminine tears

    There is something incredibly fascinating about images of shattered masculinity on the big screen. The notion of testosterone fuelled hyper-men imploding into impotent puddles of muscular pulp and feminine tears seems to have fuelled the popular imagination of filmgoers since the medium’s earliest beginnings – most especially in the United States. It seems that, even…