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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I watched this movie just after David Carradine's interpretation as Woody Guthrie in "Bound for glory", and I found many points in common between the two: hobos, train escapes, the unions, poor people struggling for their rights, landscapes. Maybe because of this, I do not find that the central role - beautifully played by Barbara hershey - is Bertha, as suggested by Amazon's review. I'd rather say it is shared with Carradine's role.
Again, I do not find that this is a simple story of train robbers and criminals - there is much more. Plus, the direction by Martin Scorsese leaves an imprint. This explains my rather high rating.
Again, I do not find that this is a simple story of train robbers and criminals - there is much more. Plus, the direction by Martin Scorsese leaves an imprint. This explains my rather high rating.
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63 of 71 people found the following review helpful
Beware this DVD
22 Jun 2002
Format:DVD
This is the cut and censoured version of that movie. Wait for the unrated version.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Pulp Nonfiction
7 Mar 2005
Format:DVD
Like many talented young U.S. directors of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, Martin Scorsese got a big break from American International Pictures studios. This was in the days of drive-in movies and so-called "B" pictures, meaning that something like Boxcar Bertha would be secondary to whatever feature attraction was playing. AIP directors worked on a strict schedule, small budget, and were required to goose things along with softcore sex and bright red violence. No surprise, Scorsese delivered, and found ways to punch it up with his trademark kinetic editing style. He also knew how to get solid performances, even back then. Barry Primus, Bernie Casey, and John Carradine shine here; Barbara Hershey and David Carradine aren't so great or convincing. The movie, like Bonnie And Clyde six years earlier, is about contemporary rather than past times, even though it's set in the 30s. Hershey and Carradine are early 70s free lovers and free spirits, not really nice folks but much more moral than their foes in banking and legal institutions. The film is uneven, but just when you find your attention drifting, Scorsese makes his presence felt with imaginative, original, playful images and sequences. For example, pay close attention to the scene in which Carradine goes to his union office with stolen money, and see how much effort Scorsese puts into images that other directors would blow off. The DVD looks great, a huge improvement over cruddy, pan and scan VHS. No extras except for the original trailer, which is a treat: lots of it is shot through bright colored tinted lenses, taking you back to 70s schlock at its finest. Based on a true story, this is pulp NON fiction; takes its place alongside After Hours, King of Comedy, Kundun, Age of Innocence, and Bringing out the Dead as an uneven, underappreciated Scorsese gem--not as consistently great as his big movies, but plenty of interesting moments and a chance to see the master in training before he moved up to self-consciously artful films.
21 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Barbara Hershey!!!!
25 May 2004
Format:DVD
Produced by Roger Corman and directed by Martin Scorsese, BOXCAR BERTHA is a romp through the deep south of the great depression. Bertha (Barbara Hershey) is young, beautiful, and not at all afraid of taking her clothes off! This is good, since she's naked a lot in this movie! Plot?? Well, Bertha's dad is killed in an airplane accident, sending Bertha on an adventure of boxcar jumping, bankrobbing, murder, prison escapes, trainrobbing, prostitution, and lots of laughs. Bertha is accompanied by Big Bill Shelly (David Carradine) and two other cohorts played by Barry Primus and Bernie Casey. Did I mention Bertha's lack of clothing? It just keeps flying off for some reason! Anyway, Bertha and her gang decide to take down an evil railroad baron (played nastily by John Carradine), not realizing just how evil he really is. This leads to the gang's downfall. The finale is pure savage mayhem and revenge! Worth a peek. Oh, and Bertha spends a great deal of time in her birthday suit too...
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