The Siege of Trencher's Farm complex examination of modern-day masculinity and liberal values." "Slant Magazine" found that "Much of the novel's prose reads like a screenplay, with tedious descriptions of props, settings, and physical actions ... tension only really matters if you identify with the characters and care about their predicament, which I found too implausible, fantastic, and crudely sketched to do so." Legal scholar Melanie Williams wrote of how the 1971 film had coloured reception of the book: "The book is now republished by Bloomsbury (2003), with the title "Straw Dogs". This seems particularly sad given that past critical commentary on the book has
The Deep (unfinished film) the documentary "Orson Welles: One-Man Band" (1995), which is included as a bonus on the DVD release of Welles' mockumentary "F for Fake". The Deep (unfinished film) The Deep is an unfinished film directed by Orson Welles, based on Charles Williams' novel "Dead Calm" (1963), which was later adapted as an eponymous 1989 film. Welles produced and wrote "The Deep", as well as played the role of Russ Brewer opposite Jeanne Moreau and Laurence Harvey. Welles worked on the film from 1966 to 1969. The film is incomplete; several major scenes were never shot, and portions of the soundtrack remain