directors such as arthur penn and sam peckinpah revised classic legends to include modern concerns.his was an expanding nation at that point there was the constant problem of whether the deeds that were really accomplished or undertaken, really matched the images that they were creating. and that was the theme inside of "left-handed gun." (speaking spanish) mr. bonnet, you gave me a start. i suppose you know your name is prominent in the paper. i cut out the articles. here, i think this one might interest you. (narrator) the film portrays another side of william bonnet, better known as billy the kid. your death notice. let me see, william bonnet, outlaw, you're dead. well now, how you like that? "billy bonnet burned to death, with no surviving relatives." (laughter) that's not necessary, mr. bonnet. (arthur penn) there's a major character who idealizes billy. i knew you weren't dead. then as that figure of billy deviates from his expectation he eventually ends up betraying him. the situation got to be one of the earliest forms of it, of the media dictating the events. you're not lik