Not knowing what to put into my blockbuster online queue last week, I randomly chose Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, which was delivered this friday.
I was never a fan of westerns, and I don't think I ever watched through a whole pre -2000 western movie classic before in my life (but have seen certain scenes here and there flipping through channels of course) but having watched Unforgiven I am a bit intrigued by the genre.
Actually I think this film is an offshoot of the typical western, revealing the truths from the myths of western stories and characters.
Maybe that was the reason why I was so intrigued and impressed by the movie.
It got me to want to rent other western classics, not just any 'spaghetti' westerns but of some substance and uniqueness to the story.
What are your favorites and recommendations?
I love this film in its delivery of tension in some scenes, and how it debunks your notions of what ought to happen or who somebody really is. There's a lot of ambiguity (in a good sense) in some of the characters and irony, and it just shows you don't always need blow-you-up action in every scene to deliver a good movie.
I was never a fan of westerns, and I don't think I ever watched through a whole pre -2000 western movie classic before in my life (but have seen certain scenes here and there flipping through channels of course) but having watched Unforgiven I am a bit intrigued by the genre.
Actually I think this film is an offshoot of the typical western, revealing the truths from the myths of western stories and characters.
Maybe that was the reason why I was so intrigued and impressed by the movie.
It got me to want to rent other western classics, not just any 'spaghetti' westerns but of some substance and uniqueness to the story.
What are your favorites and recommendations?
I love this film in its delivery of tension in some scenes, and how it debunks your notions of what ought to happen or who somebody really is. There's a lot of ambiguity (in a good sense) in some of the characters and irony, and it just shows you don't always need blow-you-up action in every scene to deliver a good movie.