Thanks, interesting
Sam Peckinpah: had to look up: from wiki:
Peckinpah’s films generally deal with the conflict between values and ideals, and the corruption of violence in human society. He was given the nickname “Bloody Sam” owing to the violence in his films. His characters are often loners or losers who desire to be honorable, but are forced to compromise in order to survive in a world of nihilism and brutality.
His great epic is The Wild Bunch. I’m not his biggest fan preferring the John Wayne/James Stewart genre of western but he’s considered one of the greats.