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“The Wild Bunch”: Last of the Great Westerns [by David Lehman]
My latest "Talking Pictures" column for The American Scholar (February 23, 2023) is titled "Brilliant Carnage: Sam Peckinpah’s slow-motion bullet ballet" I have seen The Wild Bunch, Sam Peckinpah’s 1969 masterpiece, many times. The film…
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“The Wild Bunch”: Last of the Great Westerns [by David Lehman]
My latest "Talking Pictures" column for The American Scholar (February 23, 2023) is titled "Brilliant Carnage: Sam Peckinpah’s slow-motion bullet ballet" I have seen The Wild Bunch, Sam Peckinpah’s 1969 masterpiece, many times. The film…
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In Praise of Non-Conformism
In “Self-Reliance,” Emerson urged resistance to the conformism implicit in thought-control. It is possible that independence of mind, resistance to the mentality of a mob, is something that cannot be taught To the extent…
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In Praise of Non-Conformism
In “Self-Reliance,” Emerson urged resistance to the conformism implicit in thought-control. It is possible that independence of mind, resistance to the mentality of a mob, is something that cannot be taught To the extent…
