Introduction: times maybe, not them, the enduring value of Sam Peckinpah's films / Michael Bliss -- The deadly companions revisited / Garner Simmons -- Martyred slaves of time: age, regret, and transcendence in The wild bunch / Michael Bliss -- The ballad of divine retribution / Steven Lloyd -- From The siege of Trencher's farm to Straw dogs: the narrative brilliance of Sam Peckinpah / Michael Sragow -- The recutting of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid: ethical problems in film restoration / Stephen Prince -- The authentic death and contentious afterlife of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid: the several versions of Peckinpah's last western / Paul Seydor -- Human striving, human strife: Sam Peckinpah and the journey of the soul / Cordell Strug -- Peckinpah's last testament: The Osterman weekend / Tony Williams -- Dawn and dusk / GeĢrard Camy ; translated by Jean-Paul Gabert.
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