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The Wild Bunch (Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
UNITED STATES · 1969
The Wild Bunch (Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Sam Peckinpah
Cinematic DNA
Sam Peckinpah's films, especially The Wild Bunch, were a great influence on my work. He was a master of action choreography and presenting heroic characters in a very violent world. The balletic gunfights and slow-motion violence really showed me what was possible.
When he does a sword fight, it's blood and guts. It's not just two guys clanging away with no blood.
— Akira Kurosawa · Roger Ebert's interview with Sam Peckinpah
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