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Author:   Bill Mesce, Jr.
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9781476677460

ISBN 10:   1476677468
Pages:   213
Publication Date:   22 October 2019
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction One. A Perfect Storm—the 1960s Two. Enter—and Exit—Sam Peckinpah Three. A Giant Departs, an Opportunity Opens Four. Hollywood’s West Five. Sires Six. Peckinpah’s Bunch Seven. Mexico Lindo Eight. Missing Pieces Nine. The Wild Bunch Ten. Undying Echoes and Dying Fires Eleven. A Moment Come and Gone Epilogue: Riding into the Light Appendix A: The Wild Bunch Production Credits Appendix B: The Songs Appendix C: A Collage of Reviews Appendix D: Film Critic Stephen Whitty on The Wild Bunch Appendix E: Reviewer and Pay-TV Film Programmer Youssef Kdiry—Meditations on The Wild Bunch Appendix F: Film Critic Brian Marks on The Wild Bunch—Starting at the End Appendix G: Author David L. Robbins on The Wild Bunch Appendix H: The Stock Company Appendix I: Sam Peckinpah Filmography Bibliography Index

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"""A breezy, intensely-researched celebration of Peckinpah's landmark movie...valuable... Mesce provides some interesting new insights. Additionally, he does not limit himself to only this specific movie. Rather, he discusses how it fits into Peckinpah's overall career and analyzes his previous and subsequent works in an honest manner that neither vilifies or idolizes the mercurial filmmaker...highly recommended.""--Cinema Retro. ""Mesce succinctly views Peckinpah as the 'right man in the right place and the right time' to make this classic, perfectly analyzing the core of what made 'The Wild Bunch' a moving classic.""--Western Clippings"

Mesce succinctly views Peckinpah as the 'right man in the right place and the right time' to make this classic, perfectly analyzing the core of what made 'The Wild Bunch' a moving classic. --Western Clippings; A breezy, intensely-researched celebration of Peckinpah's landmark movie...valuable... Mesce provides some interesting new insights. Additionally, he does not limit himself to only this specific movie. Rather, he discusses how it fits into Peckinpah's overall career and analyzes his previous and subsequent works in an honest manner that neither vilifies or idolizes the mercurial filmmaker...highly recommended. --Cinema Retro.

Author Information

Bill Mesce, Jr., is an adjunct instructor at several New Jersey universities and colleges, and an author, screenwriter, and playwright. He lives in Linden, New Jersey.

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