A brilliant film that uses themes from two other works from the era (waning of the Old West from "Butch Cassidy" and defining violence from "Bonnie and Clyde") to enhance a strong script and superb effort in cinematography. Great use of nature (the ants and scorpions; the buzzards) to drive home the symbolism. The tumultous shootouts that begin and end the picture struck me as inspiration for Oliver Stone in his examination of the nature of violence in "Natural Born Killers". For all you film students there is a thesis just waiting to be born.