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Title: Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (Cambridge Film Handbooks) by Stephen Prince, Horton Andrew ISBN: 0-521-58606-2 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 28 December, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Retrospective on a Great Western
Comment: This book is a collection of essays on "The Wild Bunch" written in the late 90s. (When I bought the book, I had thought that the book would include some original reviews and show how attitudes toward "The Wild Bunch" had changed over time.)
Most of the essays are very good. The first, on how the script of the movie took shape, is worth the price of the book itself. Apparently, one can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, or at least we movie lovers were extremely lucky.
The only essay that is a dud is the last one, in which the author argues that "The Wild Bunch" is not a great film, that it is too romantic, and that "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" is Peckinpah's real masterpiece. Now, I think PG&BK is a very good movie, but it doesn't hold up as well as "The Wild Bunch" (and I have seen the restored PG&BK.) The idea of including an essay attacking the greatness of a movie that is the inspiration for the book strikes me as odd.
However, this book is recommended for those with an interest in Westerns and Sam Peckinpah.
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Title:The Wild Bunch - Restored Director's Cut ASIN: 0790731037 Publisher: Warner Studios Pub. Date: 18 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.97 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $11.23 |
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Title: If They Move . . . Kill 'Em!: The Life and TImes of Sam Peckinpah by David Weddle ISBN: 0802137768 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 27 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Peckinpah: The Western Films : A Reconsideration by Paul Seydor ISBN: 0252068351 Publisher: University of Illinois Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind ISBN: 0684857081 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 04 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Doing It Right: The Best Criticism on Sam Peckinpah's the Wild Bunch by Michael Bliss ISBN: 0809318636 Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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