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10 Western Movies That Will Make You A Fan Of The Genre

I think it's fair to say that over the past three decades, the Western genre has gone through something of a torrid time, suffering the same fate as the musical in that it was for a long time considered outdated and not in keeping with modern cinema audience's tastes. Seen so often as the preserve of old men, with heroes to match (Open Range, anyone?), it is often forgotten that this most American of cinematic oeuvres has the potential to be powerful, dangerous and subversive.

Joe Taylor Apr 12, 2014 4:27 pm2015-03-19T13:07:42-05:00

7) High Plains Drifter

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In this violent, nightmarish descent into hell, Clint Eastwood takes his famous “Man With No Name” to its infernal, logical conclusion.

Appearing out of a heat haze, Eastwood’s gunslinger rides into the town of Lago, whereupon he proceeds to rape the first woman he meets, shoot dead three assailants and make himself sheriff, all before he’s had a bath.

This is a western seen through the filter of a horror movie, with an angel of death creating a version of hell on Earth, worthy of the inhabitants of the small town with a terrible history and those who are riding towards it.

Eastwood does what he does with style and a cheroot between his teeth, but it is the other-worldly tone that sets this so far apart from many more conventional “Stranger-in-town” films.

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