Sam Peckinpah's Feature Films

by Bernard F. Dukore

One of the greatest film directors America has produced, Sam Peckinpah revolutionized the way movies were made. In this detailed and insightful study, Bernard F. Dukore examines Peckinpah's fourteen feature films as a coherent body of work. He investigates the director's virtuosic editing techniques, thematic preoccupations that persist from his earliest to his last films, and the structure of his dramatic depiction of violence. He also addresses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252068025
• ISBN13: 9780252068027
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

A brilliant book about a brilliant director

The book is filled with great details, yet the author doesn't lose sight of the big picture. Enjoyable to read, with very good photos from the movies, SAM PECKINPAH'S FEATURE FILMS helped me admire and understand both the content of Peckinpah's movies and his directing technique.

Sam Peckinpah's Feature Films

Reading this book made me want to see Peckinpah's movies again (and some for the first time). When I finished it, I rented some videos and appreciated them even more than I did before.

Sam Peckinpah's Feature Films

Reading this book is as if you are there in the cutting room with Peckinpah himself! A must for professionals, and students of film history and filmmaking.