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How ‘The Wild Bunch’ Made Killing Gut-Wrenchingly Real

EXCERPT

The climactic shootout of ‘The Wild Bunch’ lasted five hellish minutes, and after it was over, violence in the movies was never the same.

W.K. Stratton
W.K. Stratton
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W.K. Stratton

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