Deliverance by James Dickey


My rating: 4 of 5 stars


49/100: Having never seen the movie, which itself is iconic, I was able to wade into "Deliverance" with a near clean perspective. I can only hope the film captures the raw intensity and page-turning suspense of the novel. The fight for survival, not only for the "city folk" from the "hillbillies," but the struggle to survive against nature itself is beautifully captured. Dickey seemlessly juxtaposes the fear modernization feels towards the untamed wilderness alongside the reluctance our harsh, aggressive, unapologetic past has to the unstoppable sophistication, progression, of our future, which will surely lead the past to its demise.




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