About this episode

The episode explores the contrast between the romanticized and realistic portrayals of the Old West in Clint Eastwood's classic western film 'Unforgiven'.

This week we look at a classic western directed by Clint Eastwood. The lines of "right" and "wrong" are blurred, the "romantic view" of the old West is tossed out for a more "earthy" and realistic view of what people truly had to face. And in the midst of it all, a writer trying to capture and maintain the "romance" of the West instead of the reality.

People in this episode

Host: Jeffrey Skopak

Topics covered

• western films
• morality
• realism
• romanticism
• cinema analysis

Keywords

• Unforgiven
• Clint Eastwood
• western
• morality
• romance
• cinema

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