Film Quarterly (Spring 1975) [cover: THE HOURGLASS]

Berkeley: University of California Press. Near Fine. 1975. (Vol. XXVIII, No. 3). Periodical. [nice clean copy, with just a touch of wear along the spine]. (B&W photographs) Feature articles: "In Defense of Sam Peckinpah," by Mark Crispin Miller, including extensive analysis of his then-current film BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA; "Metz: Essais I and Film Theory," by Brian Henderson, a discussion of Christian Metz's critical theories, occasioned by the publication of several of his works in English; "Style, Grammar and the Movies," by Bill Nichols. Film reviews: THE GAMBLER (Karel Reisz); CALIFORNIA SPLIT (Robert Altman); ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (Martin Scorsese); THE HOURGLASS (Wojciech Has). The books reviewed include volumes about Jean Renoir and Lev Kuleshov. .