Tag: Pale Rider
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30 Years Ago: Clint Eastwood Demystifies His Legend in ‘Unforgiven’
Clint Eastwood was the Man With No Name, a taciturn, iron-willed and seemingly indestructible antihero whose implacable drive for vengeance/justice left heaps of dusty, bloody bodies strewn all over the unforgiving landscape. It’s a myth the ambitious Eastwood leaned into as much as he began to deconstruct it once he embarked on his directorial career.…
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Unraveling the Parallels Between ‘High Plains Drifter’ and ‘Pale Rider’ – Clint Eastwood’s Twin Western Masterpieces
In two of his most outstanding western flicks, Clint Eastwood manages to not only traverse the supernatural, but also colorfully illustrates his growth as both a star and a filmmaker. In High Plains Drifter, he is a vengeful spirit looking to unleash the fires of hell itself. In Pale Rider, he is the embodiment of…
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Why Does Carrie Snodgress’ Character Ask Clint Eastwood’s “Stranger” the Age-Old Question, “Who Are You?” in ‘Pale Rider’?
“Who are you? Who are you… really?” A most absurd question to be posing at the archetypal “mysterious stranger” of the “Western,” who rides in from infinity and would eventually ride off into infinity; the question becomes even more pointless, if this stranger has the grizzled face and the towering figure of Clint Eastwood. Clint…
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Clint Eastwood – From Wound to Wisdom: How ‘Gran Torino’ Displays Authentic Character Growth
Clint Eastwood made his name with a squint, a glare, a snarl, and a few well-chosen one-liners. His vigilante loner has served him well in films from the spaghetti Westerns, the Dirty Harry franchise, Unforgiven, Pale Rider, and more. All these roles are summed up in Walt Kowalski—the main character in the 2008 film Gran…