Q & A (1990)

Overrated
I cannot agree that this movie is among the best westerns of all time. This film is violence for violence's sake with little purpose behind it. There is so much and so mindlessly portrayed that it is boring after the opening scene. To my mind "Open Range," "Dances with Wolves," "Silverado," "High Noon," "The Searchers," "The Shootist," "Stagecoach," "They Wore a Yellow Ribbon," "True Grit," "Cheyenne Autumn," "Lonesome Dove," "Fort Apache," and "The Man who Shot Liberty Valence" are all much better westerns. At least those come immediately to mind. I'm sure there are more. TWB isn't a bad film, and Edmund O'Brien's performance is above his average presentation. I didn't even recognize him at first. But alas, the film just isn't great.

The original version of the Wild Bunch
In my opinion, the Wild Bunch is the greatest movie ever made. However, Warner Bros. after all these years, still refuses to release the uncut original version of which was some 160 minutes in length. The slow motion violent scenes in the "shoot-out" situated within the township have been deleted. The sand-storm has been deleted and some of the violent scenes in the final shoot-out at the end had been deleted. The original uncut version had been removed from the theatres in Australia and replaced with the directors' cut of some 145 minutes in length shortly thereafter.
Please pressure Warner Bros. to right their wrong and release the uncut version as its violence would pale into insignificance with some of its contemporary adult rated gory movies.

Regards,
John Oates,
New South Wales,
Australia.

The original version of the Wild Bunch
In my opinion, the Wild Bunch is the greatest movie ever made. However, Warner Bros. after all these years, still refuses to release the uncut original version of which was some 160 minutes in length. The slow motion violent scenes in the "shoot-out" situated within the township have been deleted. The sand-storm has been deleted and some of the violent scenes in the final shoot-out at the end had been deleted. The original uncut version had been removed from the theatres in Australia and replaced with the directors' cut of some 145 minutes in length shortly thereafter.
Please pressure Warner Bros. to right their wrong and release the uncut version as its violence would pale into insignificance with some of its contemporary adult rated gory movies.

Regards,
John Oates,
New South Wales,
Australia.