This film is the 46th entry in the category World Cinema Classics.

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‘Dueling banjos’ scene in Deliverance (1972) by John Boorman

Four Atlanta men go on a trip the remote American wilderness, expecting to have fun and see the glory of nature before the river valley is flooded over by the upcoming construction of a dam and lake. The trip turns into a terrifying ordeal revealing the primal nature of man, his animal instincts of predation and survival, and even his potential for violence.

In what remains one of the most disturbing scenes in film history, Bobby (played by Beatty) is forced at gunpoint to strip naked, his ear twisted to bring him to his hands and knees, and then ordered to “squeal like a pig” as the mountain man sodomizes him, while Ed is bound to a tree and held at gunpoint by the other man.

Other 1972 films that may one day be featured as classic include Silent Running, Deep Throat, The Last House on the Left and Last Tango in Paris.

See also: Unusual Westerns