Peckinpah : The Western Films: A Reconsideration by Seydor, Paul - 1997

University of Illinois Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Urbana IL: University of Illinois Press, 1997. 1st revised. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 410 pages. The book that re-established Peckinpah's reputation—now thoroughly revised and updated! When critics hailed the 1995 re-release of Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece, The Wild Bunch, it was a recognition of Paul Seydor's earlier claim that this was a milestone in American film, perhaps the most important since Citizen Kane. Peckinpah: The Western Films first appeared in 1980, when the director's reputation was at low ebb. The book helped lead a generation of readers and filmgoers to a full and enduring appreciation of Peckinpah's landmark films, locating his work in the central tradition of American art that goes all the way back to Emerson, Hawthorne, and Melville. In addition to a new section on the personal significance of The Wild Bunch to Peckinpah, Seydor has added to this expanded, revised edition a complete account of the successful, but troubled, efforts to… Read More

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University of Illinois Press, 1996-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!