▁by ▁Sam ▁Pe ck in p ah . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁Western ▁noted ▁for ▁its ▁violence , ▁which ▁was ▁unusual ▁in ▁its ▁time , ▁and ▁for ▁its ▁innov ative ▁and ▁effective ▁story t elling , ▁camera work , ▁and ▁editing . ▁The ▁film ▁has ▁proven ▁to ▁be ▁prof ound ly ▁influ ential ▁long ▁after ▁its ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁release , ▁and ▁was ▁an ▁induct ee ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁National ▁Film ▁Reg istry ▁list . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁Peter ▁Stack ▁wrote , ▁" It ' s ▁aston ishing ▁how ▁h arrow ing ▁The ▁Wild ▁B unch ▁is , ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 5 ▁years ▁after ▁it ▁bl asted ▁its ▁way ▁onto ▁the ▁big ▁screen ▁to ▁become ▁maybe ▁the ▁best ▁shoot - ' em - up ▁ever ▁made , ▁the ▁one ▁that ▁turned ▁me ann ess ▁into ▁a ▁ha un ting ▁p ict orial ▁poetry ▁and ▁sum med ▁up ▁the ▁cor ruption ▁of ▁gu ilt , ▁old ▁age ▁and ▁death ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁fant asy ▁of ▁the ▁Old ▁West ." ▁Stephen ▁Prince ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁that , ▁" The ▁Wild ▁B unch ▁is ▁an ▁ep ic ▁work , ▁and ▁it ▁has ▁had ▁an ▁ep ic ▁impact ▁on ▁American ▁cinema " ▁and ▁noted ▁Martin ▁Sc ors ese ' s ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁as ▁" s av age ▁poetry ". ▁Paul ▁Se yd or ▁has ▁described ▁the ▁film ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁master pie ces ▁of ▁world ▁cinema ", ▁and