Reviews

"Dukore examines well-known Peckinpah films ... but what makes the book especially useful to fans of the director is the analysis of his lesser-known works." - Lou Gaul, Burlington County Times "Is any fight scene in the history of the movies really worth the effort of breaking down into a dozen pages of minutely detailed shot lists with precise notes on duration, camera angles and film speed? Well, yes. If the fight scene is the climactic battle that concludes The Wild Bunch and subsequently redefines Hollywood conventions of the Western and of screen violence, or if the fight scene is the brilliantly unnerving 30-minute siege sequence from the end of Straw Dogs, both signature works of Sam Peckinpah. Such a pursuit might yield interesting, even revealing results, as it does in Bernard F. Dukore's new Sam Peckinpah's Feature Films." - Carsten Day, MovieMaker "What makes the book especially useful to fans of the director is the analysis of his lesser-known works." - Lou Gaul, The Intelligence Record "Examines the existential values in Peckinpah's films, the purpose of violence in each, and the continuing motifs of this auteur. Peckinpah's fame is still growing, deservedly. Dukore is meticulous in spotting existential choices in the films and relating them to Peckinpah's other films and to interviews... Dukore's literally split-second analysis of the action sequence in The Wild Bunch, for example, cause this reviewer to recommend this book above all Peckinpah critiques." - Choice