Monte Hellman's COCKFIGHTER

Hellman's Cockfighter is an excellent study of a subculture that is still around today. What is most upsetting about the film is that a film about roosters fighting to the death could not be made today, because most people are fucking pussies, "oh, that's horrible!!" Fuck you, asshole. They kill fucking horses in Andrei Rublev and I could give a shit; it gives me a reaction; it makes me feel something, and that's the point. It is the same with Cockfighter.

Warren Oates plays the part perfectly; it is not the style of the movie that makes it feel like a documentary, this feel comes from Oates's performance. It is easy to believe that Oates is the character he plays, Frank Mansfield.