“Through a Glass, Darkly”

Abstract

Garner Simmons’s essay meticulously details the preparations that Peckinpah and his crew went through, from the rewriting of the script to the work of The Wild Bunch’s wardrobe supervisor, coscriptwriter, and various other personnel, making it clear how Peckinpah remolded and reshaped the material, sometimes on the fly, to realize his dramatic vision.