From: Reviews and Criticism of Vietnam War Theatrical and Television Dramas (http://www.lasalle.edu/library/vietnam/FilmIndex/home.htm) compiled by John K. McAskill, La Salle University ([email protected]) W5405 THE WILD BUNCH (USA, 1969) (Other titles: Grupo salvaje; Horde sauvage; Mucchio selvaggio; Vad bande; Vilde bande) Credits: director, Sam Peckinpah ; writers, Walon Green, Sam Peckinpah. Cast: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O’Brien, Warren Oates. Summary: Western set in Texas in 1913. Disguised as U.S. soldiers, a gang of violent bandits rides into a Texas border town to rob the railroad office. Along rooftops, a railroad company ambush awaits. When the gang emerges from the office, the company’s hired gunmen open fire, catching townspeople and thieves in the crossfire. Cited by some critics as a Vietnam War allegory. Adair, Gilbert. Hollywood’s Vietnam [GB] (p. 182) Adam-Smith, Chris. “The wild bunch” Movie magazine [n. 19] (Mar 1985), p. 43-5. Adams, Thelma. [Wild bunch] New York post (Mar 3, 1995), p. 49. [Reprinted in Film review annual 1996] Alleva, Richard. “Nihilism on horseback” Commonweal 122 (Apr 21, 1995), p. 17- 18. Alpert, Hollis. “SR goes to the movies: Variations on a western theme” Saturday review 52/39 (Sep 27, 1969), p. 39. Ansen, David. “The return of a bloody great classic’ Newsweek 125 (Mar 13, 1995), p. 70-71. [Reprinted in Film review annual 1996] Armes, Roy. “Peckinpah and the changing west” London magazine 9 (Mar 1970), p. 101-6. Arnold, Frank and Berg, Ulrich von. Sam Peckinpah: Eine Outlaw in Hollywood Frankfurt, 1987. Austen, David. [Wild bunch] Films and filming 16/1 (Oct 1969), p. 39-40. Auster, Albert and Quart, Leonard. How the war was remembered: Hollywood and Vietnam [GB] (p. 29, 145) Bayer, William. The great movies New York : Grossett and Dunlap, 1971. (p. 40-47) Berg, Ulrich von (see under Arnold, Frank) Blake, Richard A. “Violence - The price of good box-office?” America 126 (Feb 12, 1972), p. 148. Blevins, Winfred. “The artistic vision of director Sam Peckinpah” Show 2/1 (Mar 1972), p. 37-40. Bliss, Michael. “‘Back off to what?’ Enclosure, violence, and capitalism in Sam Peckinpah’s The wild bunch” in Sam Peckinpah’s The wild bunch (p. 105-29) ___________. Justified lives : morality and narrative in the films of Sam Peckinpah Carbondale : Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1993. ___________. “The conclusion of ‘The wild bunch’” in Doing it right [see below] (p. 158-68) Blum, William. “Towards a cinema of cruelty” Cinema journal 10/2 (spring 1972), p. 19-33. Bowman, James. “It’s a man’s world” American spectator 28/6 (Jun 1995), p. 56. Boyero, C. “Grupo salvaje” Casablanca 1/12 (Dec 1981), p. 42. Brode, Douglas. Films of the sixties [GB] (p. 181-3) Brooks, Fred R. “Real heroes of the West” Los Angeles times (Apr 17, 1995), p. F3. Brown, Georgia. “Once were westerns” Village voice 40 (Mar 7, 1995), p. 54. [Reprinted in Film review annual 1996] Brown, Kenneth R. [Wild bunch] Cineaste 3/3 (winter 1969-70), p. 18-20, 28. Buscombe, Edward. “The wild bunch” Sight and sound 5 (Oct 1995), p. 62. [Reprinted in Film review annual 1996] “The Business: The climate and Sam Peckinpah...” Sight and sound 3/5 (May 1993), p. 4. Butler, Terence. Crucified heroes : the films of Sam Peckinpah London : Gordon Fraser, 1979. Byrd, Larry. “The wild bunch” Classic images n. 155 (May 1988), p. C33-5. Cagin, Seth and Dray, Philip. Hollywood films of thge seventies: sex, drugs, violence rock n’ roll and politics [GB] (p. 17, 166-69) Camy, Gerard. “Sur le sentier de l’oubli: Sam Peckinpah” Jeune cinema n. 142 (Apr- May 1982), p. 1-12. Canby, Vincent. “Violence and beauty mesh in ‘Wild bunch’” New York times (Jun 26, 1969), p. 45. [Reprinted in The American west on film : myth and reality (compiled by Richard A. Maynard) Rochelle Park, N.J. : Hayden Book Co., 1974] [Reprinted in Sam Peckinpah’s The wild bunch (p. 203-5)] ____________. “Which version did you see?” New York times (Jul 20, 1969), sec. D, p. 1, 7. [Reprinted in Sam Peckinpah’s The wild bunch (p. 205-9)] Caprara, Valerio. Peckinpah : Sam Peckinpah Firenze : La nuova Italia, 1976. Clark, Arthur B. [Wild bunch] Films in review 20 (Aug/Sep 1969), p. 446-7. Clark, Mike. “‘Wild’ is still an exhilarating ride” USA today (Mar 7, 1995), p. D4. Combs, Richard. “The first cut is still the bleakest: The wild bunch...” TLS, the Times literary supplement n. 4832 (Nov 10, 1995), p. 35. Cook, David. “The wild bunch” International dictionary of filmmakers 1st ed. [GB] (v. 1, p. 521-5); 2nd ed. [GB] (v. 1, p. 979-80) Cook, David A. “Ballistic balletics: Styles of violent representation in The wild bunch and after” in Sam Peckinpah’s The wild bunch (p. 130-54) ____________.. Lost illusions : American cinema in the shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979 New York : Scribner’s, 1999. (p. 82-84+) ____________. “‘The wild bunch,” fifteen years after” North Dakota quarterly 51/3 (1983), p. 123-30. Cotter, Jerry. “Movie reviews” Sign 48 (Jul 1969), p. 46. Crowther, Bosley. Reruns : fifty memorable films New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1978. (p. 224-7) Culp, Robert. “Sam Peckinpah, the storyteller and ‘The wild bunch’ : An appreciation” in Doing it right [see below] (p. 3-16) Cumbow, Robert C. “The wild bunch” Vietnam war feature filmography (1992 draft) [GB] (p. 444-6) and Vietnam war films [GB] (Entry 661) Cutts, John. “Shoot!: Sam Peckinpah talks to John Cutts” Films and filming 16/1 (Oct 1969), p. 4-8. Devine, Jeremy M. Vietnam at 24 frames a second [GB] (p. 56) Dixon, Wheeler Winston. “Re-visioning the western: Code, myth, and genre in Peckinpah’s The wild bunch” in Sam Peckinpah’s The wild bunch (p. 155-74) Doing it right : the best criticism on Sam Peckinpah’s The wild bunch (edited by Michael Bliss) Carbondale : Southern Illinois Univ. Press, 1994. Dray, Philip (see under Cagin, Seth) Emami, Mansour. Violence in films of Sam Peckinpah Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, San Diego--1973. (138 p.) Engel, Leonard. “Space and enclosure in Cooper and Peckinpah: Regeneration in the open spaces” Journal of American culture 14/2 (1991), p. 86-93. Evans, Max. Sam Peckinpah: master of violence Vermillion, S.D. : Dakota Press, 1972. Farber, Manny. [Wild bunch] Artforum 8 (Oct 1969), p. 80-1. Farber, Stephen. “Peckinpah’s return: An interview” Film quarterly 23/1 (fall 1969), p. 2-11. [Reprinted in Doing it right] Fine, Marshall. Bloody Sam New York : D.I. Fine, 1991. (p. 142-9, 183-4) Flynn, Charles. [Wild bunch] Focus n. 5 (Oct 1969), p. 5-8. Galperin, William. “History into allegory: ‘The wild bunch’ as Vietnam movie” Western humanities review 35 (summer 1981), p. 165-72. Garcia Tsao, Leonardo. Sam Peckinpah Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico : Universidad de Guadilajara/Xalli, 1990. Garfield, Brian. “‘The wild bunch’ revisited” Armchair detective 13/2 (1980), p. 141- 4. Gaydos, Steven. “Peckinpah’s ‘Wild’ vision restored after 26 years” Variety 358 (Feb 27-Mar 5, 1995), p. 70, 73. Gibson, James William. Warrior dreams : paramilitary culture in post-Vietnam America [GB] (p. 45, 110) Gilliatt, Penelope. “The current cinema: A western for Villon” New Yorker 45 (Jul 5, 1969), p. 74-5. Girard, Martin. “The wild bunch” Sequences n. 177 (Mar/Apr 1995), p. 45-8. Gliatto, Tom. “The wild bunch” People weekly 43/11 (Mar 20, 1995), p. 18. Harmetz, Aljean. “Man was a killer long before he served God” New York times (Aug 31, 1969), sec. 2, p. 9. [Reprinted in Doing it right] Hartung, Philip T. “The screen: Pluck and fury” Commonweal 90 (Jul 25, 1969), p. 465. Hatch, Robert. “Films” Nation 209/2 (Jul 14, 1969, p. 60-61. Hedges, Charles. [Wild bunch] Film (autumn 1969), p. 31-2. Heredero, Carlos F. Sam Peckinpah Madrid : Ediciones JC, [1982?] Higson, Charles. “The shock of the old” Sight and sound 5 (Aug 1995), p. 36. Hinson, Hal. “In defense of violence” in Flesh and blood : the National Society of Film Critics on sex, violence, and censorship (edited by Peter Keough) San Francisco : Mercury House, 1995. (p. 287-94) _________. [Wild bunch] Washington post (Apr 1, 1995), p. C5. Hodenfield, Chris. “Sam Peckinpah breaks a bottle” Rolling stone (May 31, 1971), p. ? Holtsmark, Erling B. “The katabasis theme in modern cinema” Bucknell review 35/1 (1991), p. 60-80. Howe, Desson. “Peckinpah: ‘Wild’ at heart” Washington post (Mar 31, 1995), Weekend, p. 39. Humphries, Reynold. “The function of Mexico in Pechinpah’s films” Jump cut n. 18 (Aug 1978), p. 17-20. [Translated and reprinted as “Merikos betydelse i Peckinpahs filmer” Film rutan 22/4 (1979), p. 136-45] Jameson, Richard T. “The wild bunch” Movietone news n. 55 (Sep 1977), p. 23. Jones, Allan. “The killer elite: The wild bunch directed by Sam Peckinpah” Melody maker 72/41 (oct 14, 1995), p. 30. Jubak, James. [Wild bunch] Focus n. 5 (Oct 1969), p. 9. Jud, Reinhard. “Eine neun sechs neun” Logbuch n. 22 (Mar 1989), p. 32-7. Kauffmann, Stanley. “Stanley Kauffmann on films: The wild bunch” New republic 161 (Jul 19, 1969), p. 24, 35. [Reprinted in his Figures of light : film criticism and comment New York : Harper and Row, 1971. (p. 179-83)] Keogh, Tom (see under Martin, Strother) Kitses, Demetrius John. Horizons west : Anthony Mann, Budd Boetticher, San Pechinpah : studies of authorship within the western London : Thames and Hudson, 1969. [Reprinted, Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana Univ. Press, 1970; and in part in Doing it right] Knight, Arthur.