COMM 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: National Symbol, Outhouse, Pulp Magazine
Document Summary
Eastwood was most interested in the use of violence as a way to resolve the plot. What is the vision of america: western has been a way to talk about how society is created in america. Movement from nostalgic romance to dirty real. What does this do as a frame: sun setting in the wild west, set in 1881 when frontier was closing. Taming of gunman parallels the taming of the west: introduction of the civilizing function of the good woman. The most intemperate and violent can be changed. Narrative is increasingly more ominous as it moves toward confrontation with the past. Very different from mountain shot directly after. Standard use of sound effects: thunder claps. Go back to what the real west was like. The revenge cycle begins: unforgiven is a revenge cycle film. Nature of revenge is called into question: crime that sets it off is brutal for viewers.
