Doing It Right: The Best Criticism on Sam Peckinpah's the Wild Bunch

by Michael Bliss

Doing It Right

brings together the very finest in reviews and criticism of The Wild Bunch since its release in 1969.

Often misinterpreted because of its graphic violence, the film initially generated considerable controversy. Sam Peckinpah, who made the film after a four-year forced hiatus in his career (he had been blacklisted), created it as a depiction of the savage behavior possible in the post- World War I era. However,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809318636
• ISBN13: 9780809318636
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"