Dirty Real

Peter Stanfield is Emeritus Professor of Film at the University of Kent. His publications include A Band with Built-In Hate: The Who from Pop Art to Punk and Pin-Ups 1972: Third Generation Rock ’n’ Roll, both published by Reaktion Books.

• Introduction: Dirt for Dirt's Own Sake1 The Hired Hand: Circling Back to the End Again2 The Last Movie: Dennis Hopper's Three-Ring Circus3 The Last Picture Show, Five Easy Pieces and Payday: Cowboy Rhythm on KTRN4 The Shooting, Ride in the Whirlwind and Two-Lane Blacktop: Who's Monte Hellman, You Ask?5 Cisco Pike: Kris Kristofferson Has Got a Great Future behind Him6 Dirty Little Billy: Scuffling on Madison Ave7 McCabe and Mrs Miller: Pipe Dreams - Lows and Highs8 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid: Angels Descend and Graves OpenConclusion: Bring Me the HeadSelect FilmographyReferencesSelect BibliographyPhoto AcknowledgementsIndex

Stanfield’s takes are entertaining, erudite without being abstruse, and often amusingly contrarian. They have the feel of an academic version of Quentin Tarantino riffing on the hidden themes of his favorite obscure movies, pausing from time to time to sample from critical opinion and toss in some behind-the-scenes gossip . . . Stanfield is splendid in his exegeses.