Peckinpah has never been one to shy away from violence or controversy. In Cross of Iron James Colburn plays the least conviencing German soldier in movie history. Peckinpah puts his troops and audience through the ringer with his signature slow-motion violence and expolititive subject matter. This is isnteresting to think of in the context of the the shadow of the Vietnam War. I wonder what Peckinpah thought of war? He is too subtle...