Dying cowboys opera

How then to live

Fourth or ninth time through, few dats ago, timed the penultimate scene in The Wild Bunch to be able to tell anyone who cares to listen it’s eight-and-a-half minutes long.

Nearly nine, counting from Pike’s calling Lyle and Tector, then all stepping outside to get Dutch. Nine minutes is 8% of its 145-minute run-time, which is a lot for one scene.

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