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In his half-century career, Clint Eastwood has been deconstructing various facets of American culture and its long-standing institutions in film, particularly the Old West. As an actor-director, Eastwood demystified the Western genre with his sturdy, no-nonsense filmmaking that brought an unflinching level of grit and poignant reflection concerning the sociological backdrop of its milieu. In films like High Plains Drifter and Unforgiven, he strips the nobility from the West.
'The Outlaw Josey Wales' Doubles as an Anti-War Movie Not long after he emerged as a cinematic icon with Dirty Harry, Eastwood made the daunting jump from actor to director.
Posts 2 What separates The Outlaw Josey Wales from the rest of Eastwood's Westerns is its pressing anti-war commentary, which simmers beneath the surface yet remains the beating heart of the film. Eastwood told The Wall Street Journal in 2011 that he identified the warmongering complex of Josey Wales as a reflection of the Vietnam War. "I saw the parallels to the modern day at that time. Everybody gets tired of it, but it never ends," the director said, referring to combat.
As for Eastwood’s performance, one could easily chalk up his work in The Outlaw Josey Wales as run-of-the-mill. While Josey Wales belongs to his long line of snarling, incendiary vigilante characters who shoot first and ask questions later, the outlaw on-the-run also represents Eastwood’s softer side, one that he got to exploit in poignant roles about aging in A Perfect World and The Bridges of Madison County.
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