Report from Santa Fe; Max Evans, Part 2

KENW-TV, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico · November 8, 2014

This week's guest on "Report from Santa Fe" is the second part of a special two-part program featuring an interview with Max Evans, one of New Mexico's most beloved writers, discussing his newest book "Goin' Crazy with Sam Peckinpah and All Our Friends," an enthralling memoir of his years of friendship with the director. This show contains more of Max's behind-the-scenes tales and movie clips from Peckinpah's legendary films including "Straw Dogs," "Major Dundee," and "Junior Bonner." Peckinpah's films have become cult classics and Max details the wild and turbulent life of this mad genius of the film. Evans introduces his friend, shows clips from his most famous movies, and provides an intimate look at the business of Hollywood in the 1960s and 1970s. Evans, one of the director's best friends, experienced the director's mercurial character and personal demons firsthand. Evans talks about this honest and captivating memoir, which follows him and Sam through conversations in bars, family gatherings, binges on drugs and alcohol, struggles with film producers and executives, and Peckinpah's abusive behavior, sometimes directed at Max himself. Evans is a novelist, artist, one-time cowboy, miner, movie producer, and dealer in antiquities. His books include “Madame Millie,” “For the Love of a Horse,” “Animal Stories,” and "Bluefeather Fellini." Among his many lifetime achievements are the New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Western Writers of America’s Owen Wister Award for lifelong contributions to the field of Western literature, and, most recently, the Texas Institute of Letters Lon Tinkle Award. His novels “The Rounders” and “The Hi-Lo Country” were made into feature cult films. Guests: Lorene Mills (Host), Max Evans.