Sam Peckinpah's West: New Perspectives

by Leonard Engel

"I use violence as it is. It's ugly, brutalizing, and bloody...awful." Vilified for his violent vision of the American West as presented in films such as The Wild Bunch and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, the artistry of Sam Peckinpah's work was largely overlooked in his lifetime. Dismissed by critics, he was essentially ignored in the decade following his untimely death in 1984 at the age of fifty-nine. However, with the publication of a biography...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874807727
• ISBN13: 9780874807721
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"