"If they move", commands stern-eyed William Holden, "kill 'em". So begins Grupo salvaje (1969), Sam Peckinpah's bloody, high-body-count eulogy to the mythologized Old West. "Pouring new wine into the bottle of the Western, Peckinpah explodes the bottle", observed critic Pauline Kael. That exploding bottle also christened the director with the nickname that would forever define his films and reputation: "Bloody Sam".David Samuel Peckinpah was born and grew up in Fresno, California, when it was st...
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