Unforgiven, the movie

sunvalleylaw

sunvalleylaw

Yep.
Just finished watching it again. My wife and I tried to have a date at the drive in when it was first out (before marriage) and had set up pads, pillows, blankets, picnic and wine in the back of my 4Runner. I think we had been out the night before and did not end up seeing much of the movie. But watched tonight. Pretty interesting movie. I like the Eastwood movies that have a less than idealized portrayal of gunslingers, no white and black hats. I have always enjoyed The Outlaw Josey Wales, but have never revisited Unforgiven. I may have to watch it again. Along with Pale Rider, which was filmed largely around here.

Thoughts?
 
DFB said:
Great movie.
I thought Pale Rider was filmed in New Mexico?
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https://www.movie-locations.com/movies/p/Pale-Rider.php . See first paragraph. An old ski instructor I knew, and eventually did the probate for, was cast as an old mountain man in the film. He walked in that old leather costume with native beadwork, and fringe and such, for years in the Labor Day parade in Ketchum, an old mining (and sheep herding) town.

From the above link:

An itinerant preacher (Clint Eastwood) helps out prospecting families being harassed by ruthless landowners in a spectacular Western which, though set in California, was mainly filmed around Sawtooth National Recreation Area on on I-75 north of Sun Valley, 756,000 acres of scenic mountain country which encompasses the Sawtooth Wilderness, White Clouds Wilderness, and the Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness areas
 
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That is Jim Hitson, who appeared in the movie, on the left. He died at 91. His brother, Morris, flew Corsairs off carriers during WWII, and went on to be a civilian engineer working with the military for a long career. He is also now passed. Two great men.
 
Hmmm, I always thought it was filmed in Northern California, because during the credits all you see is "special thanks to Shasta-Whiskeytown this" and "special thanks to Shasta-Whiskeytown that".

Looking it up today, only the town scenes were from N. Cali, the rest of it was indeed filmed in Idaho. You learn something every day :embarrassed:

Odd thing for me about Pale Rider is that I've never watched the whole movie in one sitting, but I've probably seen the entire movie by seeing it in bits and pieces. I should Netflix it one of these days.
 
I always think of my grandfather when I think of that movie. He was the really irritating type of moviegoer who complained about unrealistic scenes, like a gunslinger single-handily slaughtering a posse in a small space. He kinda missed the theme of myth-making or the point of having a character who was a writer and sole survivor.
 
the character that gene hackman played (little bill) NEEDED to die.
that's my take. [thumbsup]
 
No, the cowboy that carved up that gal needed to die.

Why did the other cowboy need to die? Just because he was buddy with the bad one? He didn't do anything except play some 'billiards'.

Little Bill should've hung the bad one, let the other one go. Then English Bob could've kept working for the railroad.
 
Jbird said:
No, the cowboy that carved up that gal needed to die.

Why did the other cowboy need to die? Just because he was buddy with the bad one? He didn't do anything except play some 'billiards'.

Little Bill should've hung the bad one, let the other one go. Then English Bob could've kept working for the railroad.
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To continue killing and harassing a minority working for the railroad for inadequate wages and with inadequate safety protections. Witness the violence inherent in the system.
 
Unforgiven is a masterpiece of postmodern cinema. Even if the plot does hinge on a magical negro getting killed to advance the white protagonist.
 
Watching Pale Rider tonight. Here is a little bit more on location. These are the Boulder Mountains, just a ways north of Ketchum.



The opening scene features the mountains of the Sawtooths, up by Redfish Lake, and near Stanley. Redfish is where we often camp and waterski. Eastwood has a place in Ketchum. I have seen him in town, and up on the ski hill over the years. He checked in with me and a couple of celebrity guests I was teaching that day one time many years ago. He liked the line I was showing the guys that were with me.
 
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As I watch, in some of the scenes, like the one that shows the bad guys' modern hydraulic erosive methods using pressured water and hoses, you can see mine tailings in the background, from this area's own mining background.
 
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