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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Retrospective on a Great Western,
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This review is from: Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (Cambridge Film Handbooks) (Paperback)
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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Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch (Cambridge Film Handbooks) by Stephen Prince (Paperback - December 28, 1998)
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