In this podcast, Paul Farren & Wayne Byrne discuss Sam Peckinpah’s masterpiece The Wild Bunch, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. Paul and Wayne look back on the film’s legacy and celebrate its “ballet of violence”

plus:

how Peckinpah turned the Western genre on its head
the response to the film at that time
Peckinpah’s career & style
themes and symbols running through his films
the personal Peckinpah
different readings of the film
his collaborators
the death of the Western
the legacy The Wild Bunch leaves

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