Unforgiven637 8-20-92
In a directorial high-wire act on a par with
Bird and
White Hunter, Black Heart, Clint Eastwood explodes his iconic Man With No Name. It's an artfully wicked vengeance.
Unforgiven is the most provocative western of Eastwood's career, and with Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris along for the ride, it's also the most potently acted. But Eastwood's sixteenth film as a director is best understood as demythology. He's had a hell of a time shaking the