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Yes, Straw Dogs was a very violent film which attracted a lot of controversy in 1971. Although an American film "Sam Peckinpah, better known for Westerns) and featuring an American cast (starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George) it is set in Cornwall.
A peacable American (Hoffmann) and his wife (George) are attacked by drunken Cornish villagers, who gang-rape the wife, forcing the husband to use extreme violence to defend them both. It's very much a Western - bad guys attack good guys - with an English setting.
I expect the writer was joking, as Cornwall is usually thought of as quite a peaceful place. They do get some trouble in the summer months, mainly to do with drunken tourists, but it's hardly the last frontier! That may have been partly why Peckinpah chose it, the idea being that violence can happen anywhere, however unlikely? Also, being a rural place Cornwall has lots of isolated areas, like the farmhouse where the film is set.
answered 2 years ago
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Thanks wordy for the answer, I never realised Straw Dogs was set in Cornwall! I live in Cornwall, it is generally peaceful, but as you say the summer months can become rowdy, and trouble can happen anywhere you live. I'll have to watch the film now!
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