Pike's final dream
I see this as Pike, clinging on to the machine gun, unbelieving at everything he and Dutch have just been through, and before he becomes oblivion, before everything, this fever dream begins...
sharealso this explains why everyone from the Wild Bunch is in it, except for Pike - who is the dreamer/observer/camera himself... fan theory confirmed!
shareIs Jason Robards in The Wild Bunch?
Funny theory, though.
There are 2 actors from The wild Bunch, Strother Martin, and L Q Jones
AND THEY were in just about every movie Sam made