as adapted into a movie
starring Glenn For
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z appear in a new film version The Hi
Lo Country. Evans also wrote the accla
imed Bluefeather Fe
llini duo about
a Native American hero bearing the namesakeof the famous Italian directo
ociation wit
h Sam Peckinpah landed him a
small role in The Ballad of Ca
ble Hogue. Evan
s subsequently presented
his observations of the maverick filmmaker i
n Sam Peckinpah: Master of Violence. Before turning to writing, Evans dug into many trades, mostly in the Taos vicinity, working as a cowboy, prospector, painter and oil explorer. In the spring of1998,'the Santa Fe Film Critics Circle gave him its coveted Golden Chile Award for lifetime achievement. New Mexico's reputation as a wild and remote place has forever endeared it to
independent filmmakers. Along with Arizona, New Mexico was the last of the Lower 48 states to enter the Union. In point of fact, as well as in the
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me to represent the final frontier, a sanctuary for
mavericks, where artists and cowboys rubbed elbows but seldom got in e
ach other's hair.
The romance of the Wild West persisted in New Me
xico long after th
e rest of the co
untry grew tame and civilized. Tucumcari, t
he eastern gateway to
the state, ori
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