The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
At the core of many of Eastwood’s westerns is the nature of violence. Nowhere is this more fascinatingly explored than in The Outlaw Josey Wales. A post-Civil War revenge story, the film centers on a revenge driven farmer who joins up with Confederate renegades. While it’s a revenge film, it possesses an interesting dichotomy given that it’s also a call for pacifism. Equally revisionist and with outstanding cinematography by Bruce Surtees, The Outlaw Josey Wales is a benchmark for someone so tied to the hip of the genre.
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