{"title":"“Through a Glass, Darkly”","authors":"Garner Simmons","doi":"10.5810/KENTUCKY/9780813178141.003.0003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5810/KENTUCKY/9780813178141.003.0003","url":null,"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.","PeriodicalId":193542,"journal":{"name":"A Uniquely American Epic","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115756653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Homeric Power of Peckinpah’s Violence","authors":"Michael Sragow","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvqmp3rj.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvqmp3rj.5","url":null,"abstract":"Michael Sragow’s essay outlines the conflict between Warner Bros. and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) over the X rating that the MPAA initially gave to the proposed rerelease of The Wild Bunch in 1993. Sragow also discusses the film’s depiction of violence and how, in contrast to many other movies, the film is not self-indulgent in depicting it.","PeriodicalId":193542,"journal":{"name":"A Uniquely American Epic","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115791282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Just Looks Like More of Texas Far as I’m Concerned”","authors":"W. K. Stratton","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvqmp3rj.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvqmp3rj.9","url":null,"abstract":"W. K. Stratton’s essay focuses on the dangerous milieu in South Texas during the period in which the action of The Wild Bunch takes place. The essay is filled with data about intimidating sheriffs, murderous Texas Rangers, notorious bandits, and desperados of all varieties, individuals as colorful and horrifying as the ragtag collection of misfits and killers who populate portions of Peckinpah’s film.","PeriodicalId":193542,"journal":{"name":"A Uniquely American Epic","volume":"141 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124562905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“La Golondrina”","authors":"J. Holt","doi":"10.5810/KENTUCKY/9780813178141.003.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5810/KENTUCKY/9780813178141.003.0004","url":null,"abstract":"Jerry Holt’s essay focuses on the function of music in The Wild Bunch, with particular attention to how the film’s Spanish corridos, chief among them “La Golondrina,” subtly underscore the dramatic action and add a new dimension to the film’s combination of romanticism, violence, and drama.","PeriodicalId":193542,"journal":{"name":"A Uniquely American Epic","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132194310","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Originality and Convention","authors":"Paul Seydor","doi":"10.5810/KENTUCKY/9780813178141.003.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5810/KENTUCKY/9780813178141.003.0009","url":null,"abstract":"Paul Seydor’s essay highlights how Peckinpah drew upon classic forms of cinematic representation while at the same time reconceiving them. By also concentrating on the innovative editing of The Wild Bunch, Seydor helps us appreciate how the film exemplifies both tradition and Peckinpah’s unique talent.","PeriodicalId":193542,"journal":{"name":"A Uniquely American Epic","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134375745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}