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Peckinpah Today - New Essays on the Films of Sam Peckinpah (Paperback)
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Peckinpah Today - New Essays on the Films of Sam Peckinpah (Paperback)
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Written exclusively for this collection by today’s most
significant writers and researchers on Sam Peckinpah, the nine
essays in Peckinpah Today explore the body of work of one of the
most important American filmmakers, revealing new insights into his
artistic process and the development of his lasting themes. By
unearthing new sources—from modified screenplay documents and
pulp fiction novels to interviews with screenplay writers and
editors—this book, edited by Peckinpah scholar Michael Bliss,
provides groundbreaking criticism of Peckinpah’s work. To better
understand Peckinpah’s artistic process, four of the essayists
examine the transformation of written material into film, while
acknowledging the significant contributions of screenwriters and
producers. Included is a rare interview with A. S. Fleischman,
author of the screenplay for The Deadly Companions, the film that
launched Peckinpah’s career in feature films. The collection also
contains essays by scholar Stephen Prince and Paul Seydor, editor
of the controversial special edition of Pat Garrett and Billy the
Kid, who explains his editing rationale in detail. In his essay on
Straw Dogs, film critic Michael Sragow reveals how Peckinpah and
co-scriptwriter David Zelag Goodman transformed a pulp novel into a
powerful film. Other contributors explore spiritual and biblical
themes in The Wild Bunch, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, The Killer
Elite, and Cross of Iron. Tony Williams’s essay on The Osterman
Weekend proposes that this underappreciated film is a sophisticated
tract on the media. The final essay of the collection surveys
Peckinpah’s career, showing the dark turn that the filmmaker’s
artistic path took between his first film, The Deadly Companions,
and his last film, The Osterman Weekend. This broad assessment
helps to reinforce the book’s dawn-to-dusk approach, which
provides a fascinating picture of the great filmmaker’s work.
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Imprint: |
Southern Illinois University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2012 |
First published: |
May 2012 |
Authors: |
Michael Bliss
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8093-3106-2 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-8093-3106-3 |
Barcode: |
9780809331062 |
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