Sam Peckinpah's the Wild Bunch

A collection of essays of Sam Peckinpahs film The Wild Bunch.

Sommario

1. Sam Peckinpah, savage poet of American cinema Stephen Prince; 2. The Wild Bunch: the screenplay Paul Seydor; 3. Peckinpah the radical: the politics of The Wild Bunch Christopher Sharrett; 4. 'Back off to what?' Enclosure, violence, and capitalism in The Wild Bunch Michael Bliss; 5. Ballistic balletics: styles of violent representation in The Wild Bunch and after David A. Cook; 6. Revisioning the Western code: myth and genre in The Wild Bunch Wheeler Winston Dixon; 7. The Wild Bunch: innovation, retreat, and the unproductive schism David McKinney.

Riassunto

This volume of newly commissioned essays profiles Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, one of the most influential films in American cinema, and dubbed by Martin Scorsese 'savage poetry'. The essays provide a definitive reinterpretation of an enduring film classic.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Horton Andrew (Editore), Stephen Prince (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2006
• EAN: 9780521586061
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58606-1
• Pagine: 244
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 402 g
• Serie: Cambridge Film Handbooks
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Teatro, balletto