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for a piece of metal (film: Cross of Iron – Sam Peckinpah, 1977)

Posted on August 24, 2024 by admin

Any good war movie can only be an anti-war movie. This axiom is also confirmed by ‘Cross of Iron‘, the 1977 film by Sam Peckinpah, the only war film by the American director who was a master of western films … Continue reading →

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a milestone in the history of the western genre (film: The Wild Bunch – Sam Peckinpah, 1969)

Posted on September 2, 2023 by admin

The scene that opens Sam Peckinpah‘s 1969 ‘The Wild Bunch‘ immediately reminds fans of the western genre of John Sturges’ ‘The Magnificent Seven’ made in 1960. A group of riders enter a small town in the Wild West (rather the … Continue reading →

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