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3 December 2008 4:13 AM, PST | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

The British Film Institute's South Bank Theatre will host an exciting tribute to the films and career of Sam Peckinpah, commencing in January. The following is from the official press release:

Recoil: The Films of Sam Peckinpah

We mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Sam Peckinpah (1925 - 1984) with a complete season of his films, including an extended run of Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974).  Peckinpah was the West’s great elegist, a screen poet whose name became synonymous with violence. But there was much more to him than slow-motion carnage.

We’re perilously numb to the word ‘violence’ these days – and that’s the very last thing Sam Peckinpah was after. When he started shooting pictures in 1961 with The Deadly Companions (rarely screened since the ‘70s in the UK), Hollywood still had qualms about showing blood. The Wild Bunch (1969) changed everything; it was probably changing anyway »

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1 article from 2008