The man who shot Westerns to pieces — literally — and his beautiful, broken soul.
An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84), a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western genre forever.
Acting
Kris Kristofferson's gravel-voiced narration sounds like he lived it.
Editing
Jagged cuts mirror Peckinpah's own violent, fractured style.
Production
Rare behind-the-scenes footage of a man at war with Hollywood.
Director
Tom Thurman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peckinpah's personal revolver collection was so extensive that insurance companies refused to cover his films' armories.
This documentary helped spark a critical reassessment of Peckinpah in the 2000s, reframing his violent excess as deliberate formal experimentation rather than mere exploitation.
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