Sam Peckinpah, The Reconsideration, Western Films

Englanninkielinen klassikkoteos, jossa uudelleen arvioitiin Sam Peckinpahin elokuvatuotanto ja joka nosti hänet yhdeksi merkittävimmistä amerikkalaisohjaajista.

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.