In 1974, The Wall Street Journal called this movie "e;grotesque, sadistic, irrational, obscene, incompetent,"e; while New York Magazine declared it "e;a catastrophe."e; Upon its initial release, Sam Peckinpah's notorious work took a critical and commercial nosedive, but in later years, the work was heralded as a demented masterpiece--a violent, hallucinatory autobiography and a brilliant example of "e;pure Peckinpah."e; This study revisits the making of this controversial film, as well as its original reception and subsequent reassessment. It reads the project as an auteur work, a genre film, a confession, and a bizarre self-parody.
| ISBN: | 9780231502078 |
| Publication date: | 13th December 2011 |
| Author: | Cooper, Ian |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Format: | Ebook |