{"product_id":"this-wounded-cinema-this-wounded-gabrielle-murray-9780275980580","title":"This Wounded Cinema, This Wounded Life: Violence and Utopia in the Films of Sam Peckinpah","description":"\u003cp\u003eFilm scholarship has largely failed to address the complex and paradoxical nature of the films of Sam Peckinpah, focusing primarily on the violence of movies such as \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Bunch\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStraw Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e while ignoring the poetry and gentility of lesser-known pictures including \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of Cable Hogue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJunior Bonner.\u003c\/i\u003e Serving as a necessary corrective, Gabrielle Murray's \u003ci\u003eThis Wounded Cinema, This Wounded Life: Violence and Utopia in the Films of Sam Peckinpah\u003c\/i\u003e offers a better understanding of the work of this landmark director through close readings of both his famous and less-famous works. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlacing them in their proper context--both aesthetically and mythologically--Murray eschews the usual debates about screen violence to discover the ways in which Peckinpah's films provide intense, kinetic explorations of life and death. Amid the often-discussed bloodshed, this bold new study comes to find the complicated utopian impulse that exists at the heart of even Peckinpah's most violent work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gabrielle Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0275980588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780275980580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.36w x 0.75d","brand":"Gabrielle Murray","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46838347399423,"sku":"9780275980580","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1f0bf48-da5d-4904-849a-7896826bdd49.jpg?v=1746589546","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-wounded-cinema-this-wounded-gabrielle-murray-9780275980580","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}