Part B-movie horror/thriller nightmare, part meditation on masculinity—part end of the 1960’s and an end of innocence.
The dueling banjos and squealing like a pig scenes- well-crafted and justifiably iconic cinematic passages
Vilmos Zsigmond as DP— very solid work
The performances- Jon Voight’s internalizing and ruminating (he also proves pretty great range after doing Joe Buck in 1969’s Midnight Cowboy), Ned Beatty’s big city arrogance, Burt Reynolds does his career best work as a rugged survivalist
Great shot of the foliage on the windshield as Voight and Reynolds race in the truck
During the horrifying rape scene Boorman’s camera hangs behind the trees and branches
Strong imagery of the pale white hand rising out of the water
[…] Deliverance – Boorman […]