The Unforgiven
Dr Clint Eastwood
Maybe the last truly great western made - we've certainly had nothing since that comes close to this masterpiece which is a revision of the revisionist western.
The film utilises many traditional western themes - the whore with the heart of gold, the young gunslinger, the good bad man and his noble sidekick and a brutal sheriff trying to impose justice in a frontier town. But through a series of revelations the viewer's sympathies are displaced as the movie unfolds.
The film won Oscars for best picture, best actor and best director and for once the academy got it right.
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So that's it my ten westerns - I'm not saying these are the ten best westerns ever made but they are all essential viewing to anyone wanting to know more about the genre. And offer a varied view of what is possible when the writing, directing and acting are of the highest calibre. Everyone of my ten films are classics now for the ten best western ever made...well, that's a list I may attempt one day.
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