Peckinpah month: links & resources #2

Thanks to Troy Olson at Elusive As Robert Denby for drawing my attention to an overview of Peckinpah’s career at The High Hat with links to some incredibly well-written articles covering most of Peckinpah’s output.

Thanks also to J.D. at Radiator Heaven for tipping me the nod to an excellent article on ‘Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia’ at Technicolor Dreams. (UPDATE: another mention for Radiator Heaven's J.D., who has just posted an in-depth write-up on ‘Alfredo Garcia’.)

There’s more love for ‘Alfredo Garcia’ in The Guardian online, where John Patterson heralds it as a true original and Peckinpah’s masterpiece, while David Thomson attempts a deconstruction in Sight & Sound.

The Guardian online also features a contemplative piece by Rick Moody, who questions Peckinpah’s reputation as a director of violence and argues his case as a realist filmmaker.

John Hodson, in Film Journal, proves himself as passionate an aficionado of Peckinpah’s work as anybody I’ve read. His piece is titled “A Peckinpah idolator writes” and it pretty much nails everything that makes me love Sam’s work wholeheartedly.