" Clark was again punched in the stomach and in the face, and went down a second time, in terrible pain.When Ratso looks over at the lost Texan next to him at the bar, Ratso""s first nasal-voiced words compliment the drugstore cowboy:Terrific shirt.]The harsh, naturalistic, well-acted and uncompromising film was hugely successful, critically and financially.""Cause it""s scarce.Howard: A thousand men, say, go searchin"" for gold.After six months, one of ""em""s lucky - one out of the thousand.His find represents not only his own labor but that of 999 others to boot.That""s uh, 6,000 months, uh, 500 years scrambling over mountains, goin"" hungry and thirsty.An ounce of gold, mister, is worth what it is because of the human labor that went into the findin"" and the gettin"" of it.He then dragged the female from the ruck and delivered multiple stab wounds to her(# 8 death), before murdering their dog Ivan, gutting the pet, and eating the bloody innards.