The Outlaw Josey Wales, Clint Eastwood, 1. Film Review: The Outlaw Josey Wales,Clint Eastwood, 1. Lone Watie: I didn't surrender, but they took my horse and made him surrender. They have him pulling a wagon up in Kansas I bet. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976). The Outlaw Josey Wales; Carrie. The images displayed on this page are recent additions to The MOVIE TITLE STILLS COLLECTION. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976). Josey Wales because five men only could not kill Josey Wales. He says he's going down to Mexico to see if he can't find the outlaw. It's livin' that's hard. He's as open with his personality as Josey Wales is closed; it's a nice match. Native Americans are portrayed in a very positive manner, but never in a patronizing or sentimental way. They are people like everyone else, no better and no worse. Wales is the man on the run who keeps himself to himself unless pushed. Josey Wales makes his way west after the Civil War. The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 Action / Western. The Outlaw Josey Wales FuLL'MoViE (1976) - Duration: 1:56:30. His flight from those seeking to kill him for the price on his head becomes the odyssey in which he is cleansed - by his contact with a ragbag selection of misfits which he takes, albeit reluctantly, under his wing, showing himself to be, at root a good hearted man. In a series of scrapes Josey Wales and his ever increasing band of companions encounter corrupt officials, charlatans, cowards and bullies. The journey ends with the establishment of a new Western community. It has been suggested that Eastwood perceived the former's camera shots in an early rape scene in the film to be prurient. Kauffman had been hired because Eastwood had been impressed by the style of his The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, with its 'realism' and sense of period. However it is said that they clashed over Kauffman's lingering photography of nudity, although just as likely an explanation is that Kaufman, having scripted the film had clear ideas of how it should proceed which conflicted with those of its star and producer - Eastwood. Every Unionist is vicious and incompetent, whereas Wales, despite his spitting, is really a perfect gentleman. To the degree a movie asserts history, it should at least attempt to do it fairly'. Rather, it explores the theme of an anti Union alliance between dissident groups, which Sam Fuller had explored in Run of the Arrow. I think that Coyne overstates this conceptual aspect of Fuller's film, but agree with his observation that much of Eastwood's direction follows the tradition of John Ford, particularly in his presentation of the community which develops in the film's later stages. It is a fine piece of Art, exploring as it does, human relationships and showing that the courage and fortitude needed to stand up to injustice have to be tempered by humour and perspective if we are to retain our own humanity. Although perhaps not living up to the hyperbolic description given to it by Orson Welles, who called it one of the best directed films of all time, it is a great film and one of the all time great Westerns, certainly Eastwood,s best film, drawing as it does on his previous collaborations with Sergio Leone.
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