Article: The silence of the 'Pigeons': A zippy look at serial murder

Sharon Armstrong
University Wire
10-02-1998
(The Stanford Daily) (U-WIRE) STANFORD, Calif. -- "Clay Pigeons" opens with a rapid-fire montage of the wildly beautiful scenery of big sky country, accompanied by a soundtrack of rifle shots. As the camera lingers on shattering beer bottles hanging by nooses from a countryside tree, it becomes clear just what exactly this movie is - a homage to hickdom.

It is precisely because of this wacky outlook that "Clay Pigeons" holds its own on screen, despite its terribly drawn-out pace. This is a happily gratuitous celebration of the slow, simple life, proving that the worst of troubles can rear their ugly heads if you even glimpse down the path of ...

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