clint himself has explained that it was the dead marshall's brother, not his ghost. but that so many people seeing it that way gave him the idea to do "Pale rider", which actually is about a ghost.
The eerie music is to create the idea that Clint is the vengeful spirit of the the Marshal that came back to punish the people who killed him as well as those who put them up to it.
no. clint explained on "inside the actor's studio" that it was the dead marshall's brother, not his ghost. but since so many audience members interpreted it the way that you have, (as i once saw it myself) it gave him the idea to do "pale rider", which actually is about a ghost.
@@ice-iu3vv 1. I said it creates the idea because I had no idea who he actually was and still not sure they didn't create that impression on purpose. 2. How would the brother know who all was involved...unless Mordecai wrote him and told him everything? I can see Mordecai picking up all the info because no one involved noticed or paid attention to him listening. 3. That would also be another explanation of why no one recognized him.
@@Joe-hh8gd Actually, it is from Revelation 6:8...And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. Thus, the Preacher in Pale Rider.
I have been to the town of Lagos. It is on the shores of Mono Lake, Eastern Sierras of California. All that is left of the town are a few piles of red painted, burned wood and some scattered broken “fake Hollywood glass”. Pretty cool.
The eerie music is the clue. He is the spirit of vengeance. He was there to punish everyone in town except the two who were innocent. So glad to hear you plan to watch a lot more Clint Eastwood! "Heartbreak Ridge" (1986) is a great Clint Eastwood war drama directed by Clint.
Finally, someone watching my favorite Eastwood western. 😊 They don't say, but he IS dead. He came back for revenge on his killers and to punish all the town who made it happen and watched.
You were watching a ghost story for heaven's sake! The ghostly howling music was exactly on point. Bloodwork is a good under-the-radar Clint film from the later era. Also, Absolute Power where he stars opposite the outstanding Gene Hackman again. Wait, did you not watch Unforgiven? Definitely add that one.
He was the ghost of Marshal Duncan. They did not recognize him because as a spirit he made sure they saw him as an alternative image. He was harsh on the villagers because they betrayed him. Some villagers like the Inn Keeper wife and Mortique wanted to help but redeemed themselves in the end.
@@JMB86 Mordecai's look of surprise at the end ... I don't think he knew either. But he was a good friend to Jim Duncan both times, because he's a good man.
You have to watch the opening and closing carefully (when the creepy music is playing). Though I will admit it was easier to see it on the giant theater screens (I saw this when it first came out), you still can see it on a TV size screen if you watch carefully. At the beginning, he shimmers in, in the distance, riding into town. And at the end, riding out of town, he shimmers out in the same spot. Some people say that's just an optical illusion made by the heat waves from the desert. But, having seen it on the big screen, I can say it's not. He actually fades away.
Clint Eastwood was a vengeful ghost. That's why the music was so creepy. In the end he got everything he came for: Killed all his enemies, abused the hell out of everybody else, burnt the town to the ground, and got his grave properly marked. Somebody already suggested these, but the "Dirty Harry" and "Every Which Way But Loose" movies are great too! There's also "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" which he did with Jeff Bridges.
There's definitely an avenging spirit vibe in High Plains Drifter, but I like to think it skews more towards divine retribution. The Drifter's extreme contempt for the Church and writing "HELL" on the sign indicate to me that he was smiting the town. If I could narrow down all the good westerns into a top five list, High Plain Drifter would be on it I'm sure. 😉
About Clint saying that what makes people scared is what they know about themselves ... look at all those timid townspeople, they know what wretches they are and what they've done. It's made them scared.
Of the two female leads - Marianna Hill had been Captain Kirks love interest in Star Trek “Dagger of the Mind” 1967 - Verna Bloom would later play the Deans wife in “Animal House” 1978.
'Any Which Way But Loose'!!! 'Any Which Way You Can'! (They have an orangutan in it!!) 'Firefox'! I do love your commentaries so much! Flippin' hilarious lol.
When you were a little confused in the scene when he sleeps with the inn keeper's wife and tells her "It's what inside that makes people afraid.", he's talking about their own conscience and living with what happened to the bullwhipping of the marshal. Great reaction to one of my favorite westerns of his. I personally would recommend Dirty Harry where Clint plays a very tough San Francisco police inspector who pretty does things his way and his rules. Hope you're doing well, lass!!
My favorite movie of all time. There is an obvious supernatural aspect even though it's never explicitly stated that he was a ghost or at the very least a spirit sent to avenge sheriff Duncan. Also explains the spooky music/singing music.
He made a pact with the devil to get his revenge. After he got it, the devil collected on his end of the bargain by making him his agent. He became the Ghost Rider and changed into Sam Elliott so no one would recognize him.
This is the third movie Clint directed. First was Play Misty for Me, and the second was The Beguiled. I think you would like them -- they're both about women going crazy for him, lol.
@@michaelbryan1882 Yes. So says IMDb. On Clint's page it shows him directing Dirty Harry too -- and in that case I was well aware that Clint had only directed the "jumper" scene, and that Siegel had directed the rest. It also lists The Beguiled (after Dirty Harry), so I figured that one practice run with Siegel was enough, and didn't bother to look at The Beguiled directly. I guess Clint is a "credit hog," lol.
He was the vengeful spirit of the dead marshall. The initial flashback of the fatal whipping swapped images of Eastwood and the marshall. However, the final, complete flashback showed only the marshall's face. The brunette who left town was the only person who tried to intercede, but she was forced back inside the hotel by her husband. That is one reason she was spared. Most of the others, who never helped the marshall who pled with them, were punished. Or as the dying Marshall said, "damn you." And they were.
Not sure if you noticed, but Clint Eastwood Directed this movie. I think it was the first Western he Directed. The first movie he Directed was "Play Misty For Me", a mystery set in the present day, at the time. Clint learned from his two main Directors, Sergio Leone, the Spaghetti Westerns, and Don Seigel, the "Dirty Harry" movies, and "Two Mules For Sister Sara", another fun movie you may enjoy. Great reaction, as usual Dawn Marie, keep up the great work.
Ahh! Now 'Two Mules' is a great romp. The western equivalent of Kelly's Heroes - Clint didn't do too many light-hearted movies, but when he did, they could be a lot of fun. If HPD was a brain-warp for Dawn, then Where Eagles Dare would break her.
It's refreshing to hear from such a prim and proper young lady, so full of generosity, gentleness, and so demure. He did die. That's his body in the unmarked grave. He couldn't rest in peace until shorty made his tombstone. They didn't recognize him because his avenging spirit looked different. It's Crow without the harlequin makeup. Or the Wraith without a Turbo Interceptor. A different kind of Clint Eastwood role is Paint Your Wagon.
*Fancy duds = sharp threads (expensive clothes). One of Eastwood's greatest films (and one of his best directed). The mix of supernatural undertones and revenge are well balanced and Eastwood is in fine form overall. Nice job Dawn - I knew you'd enjoy it. You may want to check other Clint oaters like HANG 'EM HIGH & PALE RIDER (the latter is very close in theme to this film as well as SHANE).
Beguiled is another Eastwood classic set during the civil war and not a western but more of a drama. if Lago was hell then he must of been the ghost of jim duncan 👻
It was tough to tell but it wasn't Eastwood playing as the Marshall, it was actually Eastwoods stunt double playing the part of the Marshall, looked very similar but that's why they didn't recognize him, cause it actually wasn't him.Very close in looks though
This was a joy to watch with you, but that's obvious as usual. I was trying to figure out other flicks, and Pale Rider seems to be so obvious (with Silverado as a fun double bill would be awesome, massive fun cast (John Cleese, ahem))... but then you were like "what else?", so... I think you'd love Two Mules for Sister Sarah (with Shirley MacLaine from The Apartment). But some non westerns are Any Which Way But Loose, In the Line of Fire, Absolute Power (just a personal fave)...
They leave a lot to your imagination. Yours is very active, and creative. So whatever you think, Dawn, will be excellent! Thanks for the reaction! God bless you!
No he wasn't. Eastwood explained in an interview on the Actors Studio that he was the brother of the marshall who was beaten and killed. You can even see in the 1st scene where it shows the marshall being whipped it was not Clint Eastwood but a different person
"Pale Rider" (1985) had a magnificent cast: Clint Eastwood as The Preacher Michael Moriarty as Hull Barret Carrie Snodgress as Sarah Wheeler Sydney Penny as Megan Wheeler Special Guest Star: Richard "Jaws" Kiel as "Club"
My favorite Clint Eastwood movie is "Unforgiven" (1992). It's another Western, this time with a significantly older Eastwood playing an ex-gunfighter. The film also won several Academy Awards including Best Picture, and is generally considered one of the best (if not THE best) modern Westerns. I really thought you'd already watched it on the channel, but I didn't see it on either your 1990s or Westerns playlist.
Probably the best "older Clint" that you haven't reacted to is "Unforgiven". As others have stated, "Pale Rider" (1985) is very good. Avoid "Bronco Billy" and "Every Which Way But Loose" (imho). Another older one that doesn't get enough love is "Two Mules for Sister Sara" (1970). Enjoy your reactions, keep up the good work!!
I like that he used some of the Drifter cast for Any Which Way But Loose (1978) and Skinny for the Unforgiven (1992). Any Which Way But Loose is a fun urban western of sorts. Fight Club before Fight Club. Great reaction! The cigar was a nice touch. Cheers.
So John Wayne didn't like High Noon or High Plains Drifter because he just couldn't accept that people would not help and just stand by. Even though Kitty Genovese was murdered in NYC in similar circumstances during his lifetime. It was a story that made national headlines. I like most of Wayne's films, but he was incorrect about Americans always doing the moral act just because they were Americans.
He was the vengeful spirit of the murdered Marshal who could know no peace until his grave had a name. The town buried him in an unmarked grave to hide their crime.
CLONE CLINT ! And then clone me so I can watch all his new movies. Glad to see you get him, and you're lucky you get to watch all his old movies for the first time. (and I'll be along since it's the next best thing to watching his movies for the first time). 😉 I first saw him in "Dirty Harry" in the theatre and have been mesmerized ever since.
The expression don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater comes from a time when the whole family took a bath on Saturday night starting with the father and working down to the baby and by time the baby got a bath the water was so dark. We all use the same hot water tub because it was hard to heat a lot of hot water back then.
They also had extra smelling soaps and powders to "improve" used water, if you could afford it, or find it. Also, hot springs were popular just for the reason the earth does all the heating.
The original script made him the Marshall's brother. Director Clint Eastwood removed all the references from the script that would make the clear and shot it as if The Stranger was the ghost of the Marshall. Hence the movie is ambiguous, and better for it. Another interpretation is that The Stranger is Satan, inflicting penance on the wicked people of Lago. This rises from the early Hebrew interpretation that Satan is Jehovah's most trusted lieutenant and advisor. The only angel, in fact, whom God trusts to administer his justice.
He road up out of HELL for revenge that’s why you heard the creepy music and he didn’t look exactly the same as he did before he was killed the first time and PALE RIDER is the opposite he came down from Heaven as a Avenging Angel pretending to to be a preacher to help the families against the crooked sheriff and hit men(where did he go at the end of the movie High Plains Drifter back to HELL) this is like the movie THE CROW it’s a Supernatural Western
I'm going to talk about a detail. Near the climax, one of the gunmen says he was in the "territorial prison". Also, Jim Duncan was a marshal. The way the United States worked was, first the country would buy a chunk of land -- a territory -- and then eventually it would become a state once there were enough people and there were plans for a state government. But in that interim period, that land was just a territory, and the lawmen in territories were marshals, not sheriffs.
Clint Eastwood has since redacted that statement. If you watch and listen there are many elements that point to him being a revenant. Even the ending explains that Mordechai should know his name which was Marshall Duncan. There are religious elements spoken throughout the film. He punished the wicked and saved the innocent.
@lloydonlead That's very interesting that. Thanks for letting me know. It would of worked both ways though. What a great film it is. Thanks again for that. Glenn.
Dawn, did you watch the film right until the end where the end credits rolled? Because if you did it would answer your questions at the end of your video. Did you stop the film too early? What you were watching was quite possibly a supernatural story. Or at least it strongly hints that it is. Looks like you may have missed the final sting of the entire film. You asked who the townsfolk think they buried when they buried the marshal Jim Duncan. That actually is Jim Duncan's body. There is no need to say "When he died" in air quotes. He literally died. Right at the end where he rode off into the distance you see him vanish into the desert haze. I don't mean simply vanish into the distance, I mean disappeared into thin air. It's a callback to the start where we see him appear from the haze. As far as we're concerned the Clint Eastwood character only ever appears to exist during the time we see him in the film. Which would mean that there would be no training for the years inbetween. The dark music you noticed. We hear it when Clint Eastwood first appears and we hear it again when he leaves town. That music in itself is supposed to make you ask questions about the character. It's not simply generic filler music. That creepy music is very fitting for what could be an angel of death from the undead whose mission it is to seek vengeance.
Many people have already answered why no one knew who Clint was. He said in an interview that the source material for this movie, it was Marshal Duncan's brother who came back for revenge. But he purposely left the potential "supernatural" tone in just to sort of shake things up and make the avenging angel seem possible as well.
This Western is almost as crazy as a Marx Brothers movie! I believe he came back from the grave just for revenge, and perhaps justice. The Beguiled is an interesting Eastwood movie to watch. It has an all female cast except for Clint.
As Marshal Duncan died, he cursed the townsfolk, who were evil hypocrites and had arranged his murder to prevent him being a whistleblower. Lago is a miserable corrupt town that puts on a very moral face, but it is all hypocrisy. Therefore because of Duncan's curse, the Stranger who appears is a vengeful ghost or demon sent to judge the town (he is NOT a hero). He appears out of the heat shimmer, and immediately takes to committing acts of evil against the town because deep down he knows their sins - even though they think he is helping them, it is more like judgement being passed upon the town. Those who are weaklings, deceivers, hypocrites, thieves, murderers all suffer, and some of them die, but it's always a result of their own flaws or past actions. Only those like the hotel man's wife, or Mordechai, who had been against Duncan's murder in the first place escape any sort of wrath. In the end, Duncan's murder is avenged, but the town is half destroyed, and the Stranger rides back out into the desert heat from whence he came.
Clint Eastwood smoked chariot cigars in his movies. I hate to be critical but your cigar looks more like a hotdog 🌭. Love your reaction to a very entertaining Western.😊❤
@@creech54I hate autocorrect. 9 times out of 10 it screws up what I'm typing. Thanks for the correction. Yes, I meant cheroot (damn it, it did it again) cigars, although I would love to see Eastwood smoke a chariot.😂
@@creech54 Autocorrect leads to comical results at times. The problem for me is that I correct autocorrect often before I make note of the funny aspects of it.
It sure it a mean town! I never watched High Plains Drifter. I think after the mean lady insults him that it was a fantasy cowboy flick. After your response to this film, I will be sure not to give you any reason for revenge against ME.
so many incorrect people commenting that it was marshall duncan's ghost. i saw it that way myself until the late 90s, when clint said on "inside the actor's studio" that it was marshall duncan's brother , not his ghost. he would know, he co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the film. if it was his ghost, then clint would be who we see in the whipping scenes. thats a stuntman who looks like clint. the fact that so many people saw it that way gave him the idea to do "pale rider" which actually is about a ghost.
The end of the film would seem to confirm the ghost theory when he tells Mordecai that he knows his name and immediately cut to the name on the tombstone. Mordecai wouldn't have known the name of his brother.
two things say it's a ghost-disappearing at the end, and when Mordecai says he doesn't know his name, Eastwood's character says yes you do, then the camera pans to the headstone with Duncan's name on it. If it was his brother, how would Mordecai know who he was. The spirit came back in a different appearance just so the town wouldn't know who he was. So Eastwood can say one thing but the movie speaks for itself.
we can be quite sure his name was duncan. and dont need to know his first name. there is nothing to dispute since clint knows what was in the script, and had no reason to lie. its easy to see the film in the ghost way, and therefore the brother motif was kept too nebulous. but if clint was surprised at the audiences reaction? and it gave him the idea for a different movie? its not in doubt there is nothing to persuade.@@drgoremd
you may look these things up if you wish. you may believe what you wish. you will not become correct though. "eastwood intentionally kept the identity of the stranger vague in his directing choices, giving no clear indication that it was marshall duncan's brother" is one quote i just found. why exactly would eastwood lie on inside the actors studio? and why do you think you know better than he does what his movie was about?@@drgoremd
I always thought that Eastwood's Will Munny character in "Unforgiven" was an older take on this type of Western antihero. A man who was without conscience and acted brutish and antisocial in his younger years. This was Eastwood's first Western as a director and it was an homage to Sergio Leone and the Spaghetti Western genre.
He was dead, he is what they call (Wraith or a Crow). When a person is violently murdered their Spirit can't rest, and it comes back seeking revenge as a Wraith or a Crow.
The sheriff IS dead and buried in that grave that's shown at the end. Whoever the stranger is, was left up to the audience to decide. Eastwood left it unclear on purpose, though the popular conclusion is that the Stranger IS the dead sheriff back from the dead, personifying judgment on the town.
You were deducting points for the creepy music and looked away, I think you might have missed the creepy gunfighter ghost creepily disappear into the mirage at the end.
Hi Dawn, I met Clint Eastwood on New years day in 2000 at his resort in beautiful Carmel California. He was in his 70s then. It was funny because I was going into one of the bathrooms on his property and he was coming out and instead of saying how are you Mr. Eastwood I said Clint! Felt like I knew him. He looked and me kind of funny and said he was doing OK. Then I went to see what it cost to stay there and he came out and asked me if he could help me. It was so cool!
Clint Eastwood claims that he was the brother of the Marshall that died in Lago. I prefer to think that he was the Ghost of the Marshall who came back to avenged his death .
Buddy Van Horn, Eastwood's stunt double for the flashback scenes, asked him "So, am I your brother or are you my ghost?" Eastwood told him and all cast and crew to leave it vague if asked. "Audiences are smarter than the studios give them credit for being" he said, "they don't need everything explained, and I respect them enough not to"
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales and Pale Rider are my all time favorites of Clint Eastwood's Westerns. I hope you watch Pale Rider at some point, really love that one. Also Dawn, before you go deducting points on that music, I think they used it for the effect of him being a ghost. When he entered, it was used, like he came back from the dead for revenge. Then when you hear it again, he's leaving, his soul can now rest. That's how I always took it.
DM, I love, love. love you !!! You're the best !!! Let me answer your questions. They actually explained but, not altogether, but Clint completed the story at the end. He was the ghost of Jim Duncan, and they explained that the soul can never rest if it doesn't have a gravestone or marker of some sort. They'd buried his body in an unmarked grave (never made a marker for him), because they wanted to hide what their actions (or inactions) allowed to happen, which *_ALLOWED_* him to come back to get his revenge. I think you missed the part at the end where he fades away while riding into the distance. It's explained here when Clint and the midget are having their final conversation and the midget says, "I'm just about done here ... I never did know your name", and Clint replies, "Yes, you do". Clint then continues riding out across the plain, then fades away (disappears) a minute later, at the exact moment the midget completes his marker. That action allowed his soul to rest.
Not every GREAT Clint Eastwood Movie is a Western or a Cop movie.. You should watch *"The Eiger Sanction"* and/or *"Where Eagles Dare"* and of course *"Kelly's Heroes"* The actors and actresses that were with him in those movies were phenomenal. Plus, you have to look into the movies, that he made with his own Movie Production company. *"Malpaso Productions"*
I wasn't the greatest fan of Kelly's Heros, but "The Eiger Sanction" and "Where Eagles Dare" are excellent movies. The Eiger Sanction was intended as a comedy, and a spoof on the Spy Genre. Eastwood decided to play the whole thing straight, and treated the script as if it were a serious story. I'm glad he did, because the jokes were unexpected, every time, making it hilarious to me. And, Where Eagles Dare may well be my favorite war movie.
YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM DISAPPEAR AT THE VERY END ???????!!!!!!!!!???????? Best ghost western EVER !!!!
To be fair, Dawn kept dropping her cigar. LOL!
clint himself has explained that it was the dead marshall's brother, not his ghost. but that so many people seeing it that way gave him the idea to do "Pale rider", which actually is about a ghost.
Exactly, he was a ghost.
She never responds here. I'd be surprised if she even cares what people think.
In the beginning he just appears out of nowhere and in the end he vanishes into nothing. He is a ghost
The eerie music is to create the idea that Clint is the vengeful spirit of the the Marshal that came back to punish the people who killed him as well as those who put them up to it.
I always thought the Marshal had a twin brother who was keen on eerie music. 😀
She totally missed that.
YES! Thank you. Somebody gets it...!
no. clint explained on "inside the actor's studio" that it was the dead marshall's brother, not his ghost. but since so many audience members interpreted it the way that you have, (as i once saw it myself) it gave him the idea to do "pale rider", which actually is about a ghost.
@@ice-iu3vv 1. I said it creates the idea because I had no idea who he actually was and still not sure they didn't create that impression on purpose.
2. How would the brother know who all was involved...unless Mordecai wrote him and told him everything? I can see Mordecai picking up all the info because no one involved noticed or paid attention to him listening.
3. That would also be another explanation of why no one recognized him.
"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him."
Tombstone
@@chipsdad5861 Revelation 6-8 King James Bible
Not Tombstone. From the Eastwood film Pale Rider
@@Joe-hh8gd Actually, it is from Revelation 6:8...And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Thus, the Preacher in Pale Rider.
@@interroga-omnia I'm aware of the biblical source. I was keeping it within cinematic references
I never imagined that a young Scottish woman would be one of the best RUclips reactors to classic western movies, but here we are.
She has a good sense of humor.
Go FIGURE!!! Me either!! But I’ve been proven wrong! Great reactions! 😊❤
I have been to the town of Lagos. It is on the shores of Mono Lake, Eastern Sierras of California. All that is left of the town are a few piles of red painted, burned wood and some scattered broken “fake Hollywood glass”. Pretty cool.
Sugar glass is what Hollywood used back then and sometimes now.
The eerie music is the clue. He is the spirit of vengeance. He was there to punish everyone in town except the two who were innocent.
So glad to hear you plan to watch a lot more Clint Eastwood!
"Heartbreak Ridge" (1986) is a great Clint Eastwood war drama directed by Clint.
Finally, someone watching my favorite Eastwood western. 😊
They don't say, but he IS dead. He came back for revenge on his killers and to punish all the town who made it happen and watched.
This is definitely one of the darker movies from clint. I really enjoy watching your reactions Dawn they always make me smile. xxx
Not as dark as Tightrope.
My favorite with Josey Wales, even they are completely different.
Did you know young Clint starred and sang in a Western Musical?
"Paint Your Wagon" with Lee Marvin.
Saw it in a theater when I was in high school. Just as goofy as I expected, but couldn’t look away.
Best thing about that was the gorgeous set design. Worst thing was them hitting each other over the head with frying pans!
The Simpsons did a parody based on Clint Eastwood singing in Paint Your Wagon. "Oil based paint because the wood is pine"
This is my favorite Eastwood movie. First saw it back in late 80s when I was a kid and I've seen it countless times since.
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You were watching a ghost story for heaven's sake! The ghostly howling music was exactly on point.
Bloodwork is a good under-the-radar Clint film from the later era. Also, Absolute Power where he stars opposite the outstanding Gene Hackman again. Wait, did you not watch Unforgiven? Definitely add that one.
He was the ghost of Marshal Duncan. They did not recognize him because as a spirit he made sure they saw him as an alternative image. He was harsh on the villagers because they betrayed him. Some villagers like the Inn Keeper wife and Mortique wanted to help but redeemed themselves in the end.
Mordecai
I think Mordecai knew who he was, he just didn't let on that he did.
@@JMB86 Mordecai's look of surprise at the end ... I don't think he knew either. But he was a good friend to Jim Duncan both times, because he's a good man.
Most people don't register that he took at least 2 bullets in the tub haha
Most people don't register that he took at least 2 bullets in the tub haha
The marshal died. Clint was his ghost. Oh, opening scene, careful what you approve too quickly! lol.
I love watching the expressions of first time watchers when they figure this out and then replay the movie in their head.
Who are you !!? 👈😶
You have to watch the opening and closing carefully (when the creepy music is playing). Though I will admit it was easier to see it on the giant theater screens (I saw this when it first came out), you still can see it on a TV size screen if you watch carefully. At the beginning, he shimmers in, in the distance, riding into town. And at the end, riding out of town, he shimmers out in the same spot. Some people say that's just an optical illusion made by the heat waves from the desert. But, having seen it on the big screen, I can say it's not. He actually fades away.
For an underrated Eastwood Western "Two mules for Sister Sarah". Featuring music by Ennio Morricone!🎉
YES!!!!! I NEED DAWN TO DO THIS ONE!!!!
The eerie music symbolized he was a ghost coming back for justice
I miss Angel eyes 👀. 😁
Clint Eastwood was a vengeful ghost. That's why the music was so creepy. In the end he got everything he came for: Killed all his enemies, abused the hell out of everybody else, burnt the town to the ground, and got his grave properly marked.
Somebody already suggested these, but the "Dirty Harry" and "Every Which Way But Loose" movies are great too!
There's also "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" which he did with Jeff Bridges.
"**WHO ARE YOU ???? 👈. 😳
There's definitely an avenging spirit vibe in High Plains Drifter, but I like to think it skews more towards divine retribution. The Drifter's extreme contempt for the Church and writing "HELL" on the sign indicate to me that he was smiting the town.
If I could narrow down all the good westerns into a top five list, High Plain Drifter would be on it I'm sure. 😉
About Clint saying that what makes people scared is what they know about themselves ... look at all those timid townspeople, they know what wretches they are and what they've done. It's made them scared.
Of the two female leads - Marianna Hill had been Captain Kirks love interest in Star Trek “Dagger of the Mind” 1967 - Verna Bloom would later play the Deans wife in “Animal House” 1978.
I highly recommend "Where Eagles Dare" (1969) - A great WWII action film, starring Clint Eastwood and Richard Burton.
Don't go near that cable car! 😱
"Broadsword calling Danny Boy."
"Not so hasty, Lieutenant. We mustn't cheat the hangman."
Excellent suggestion
Kelly's Heroes
Probably my third favorite Clint western after "Unforgiven" and "...Josey Wales".
Unforgiven is my favorite, it all started out nice and innocent and then...
'Any Which Way But Loose'!!! 'Any Which Way You Can'! (They have an orangutan in it!!) 'Firefox'!
I do love your commentaries so much! Flippin' hilarious lol.
Another great Clint Eastwood movie is Kelly's Heroes.
I never thought I'd ever get to see anyone review this movie. This made my day.
Yes! This is mine and my father's favourite Eastwood film.
It's going to be strange watching this as my father died only a few weeks back.
Condolances
@@WeaselSuper Thanks, buddy.✌
@kekibannmi6054 Yeah, it definitely hits different.
It's good to have those memories though, eh.
When you were a little confused in the scene when he sleeps with the inn keeper's wife and tells her "It's what inside that makes people afraid.", he's talking about their own conscience and living with what happened to the bullwhipping of the marshal. Great reaction to one of my favorite westerns of his. I personally would recommend Dirty Harry where Clint plays a very tough San Francisco police inspector who pretty does things his way and his rules. Hope you're doing well, lass!!
Pale Rider is an awesome movie by Clint it's one of my personal favorites
My favorite movie of all time. There is an obvious supernatural aspect even though it's never explicitly stated that he was a ghost or at the very least a spirit sent to avenge sheriff Duncan. Also explains the spooky music/singing music.
15:32 "Snappy duds...." aka "fancy or sharp-lookin' clothes."
Clint's character is an avenging spirit. He was the marshall in a prior life and the town cowardly let him die.
He made a pact with the devil to get his revenge. After he got it, the devil collected on his end of the bargain by making him his agent. He became the Ghost Rider and changed into Sam Elliott so no one would recognize him.
Please add ANY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE to your watch list. Clint Eastwood as a street fighter.
This is the third movie Clint directed. First was Play Misty for Me, and the second was The Beguiled. I think you would like them -- they're both about women going crazy for him, lol.
based off his real life then ;)
Don Siegel directed The Beguiled.
@@michaelbryan1882 Yes. So says IMDb. On Clint's page it shows him directing Dirty Harry too -- and in that case I was well aware that Clint had only directed the "jumper" scene, and that Siegel had directed the rest. It also lists The Beguiled (after Dirty Harry), so I figured that one practice run with Siegel was enough, and didn't bother to look at The Beguiled directly. I guess Clint is a "credit hog," lol.
His second film is breezy
One of my favorite westerns! I recommend "Pale Rider" & "Unforgiven" for Eastwood westerns. I also recommend the "Dirty Harry" movies.
He was the vengeful spirit of the dead marshall. The initial flashback of the fatal whipping swapped images of Eastwood and the marshall. However, the final, complete flashback showed only the marshall's face. The brunette who left town was the only person who tried to intercede, but she was forced back inside the hotel by her husband. That is one reason she was spared. Most of the others, who never helped the marshall who pled with them, were punished. Or as the dying Marshall said, "damn you." And they were.
Another MUST SEE Classic Spaghetti Western is,, "Once Upon A Time In The West" (1968)..Starring many iconic actors,, Including some you already know.
Not sure if you noticed, but Clint Eastwood Directed this movie. I think it was the first Western he Directed. The first movie he Directed was "Play Misty For Me", a mystery set in the present day, at the time. Clint learned from his two main Directors, Sergio Leone, the Spaghetti Westerns, and Don Seigel, the "Dirty Harry" movies, and "Two Mules For Sister Sara", another fun movie you may enjoy. Great reaction, as usual Dawn Marie, keep up the great work.
Ahh! Now 'Two Mules' is a great romp. The western equivalent of Kelly's Heroes - Clint didn't do too many light-hearted movies, but when he did, they could be a lot of fun.
If HPD was a brain-warp for Dawn, then Where Eagles Dare would break her.
It's refreshing to hear from such a prim and proper young lady, so full of generosity, gentleness, and so demure.
He did die. That's his body in the unmarked grave. He couldn't rest in peace until shorty made his tombstone. They didn't recognize him because his avenging spirit looked different.
It's Crow without the harlequin makeup. Or the Wraith without a Turbo Interceptor.
A different kind of Clint Eastwood role is Paint Your Wagon.
Now you are ready for 'Pale Rider!'
*Fancy duds = sharp threads (expensive clothes). One of Eastwood's greatest films (and one of his best directed). The mix of supernatural undertones and revenge are well balanced and Eastwood is in fine form overall. Nice job Dawn - I knew you'd enjoy it. You may want to check other Clint oaters like HANG 'EM HIGH & PALE RIDER (the latter is very close in theme to this film as well as SHANE).
I believe he actually said "snappy duds" but it means the same.
Beguiled is another Eastwood classic set during the civil war and not a western but more of a drama.
if Lago was hell then he must of been the ghost of jim duncan 👻
It was tough to tell but it wasn't Eastwood playing as the Marshall, it was actually Eastwoods stunt double playing the part of the Marshall, looked very similar but that's why they didn't recognize him, cause it actually wasn't him.Very close in looks though
This was a joy to watch with you, but that's obvious as usual. I was trying to figure out other flicks, and Pale Rider seems to be so obvious (with Silverado as a fun double bill would be awesome, massive fun cast (John Cleese, ahem))... but then you were like "what else?", so... I think you'd love Two Mules for Sister Sarah (with Shirley MacLaine from The Apartment). But some non westerns are Any Which Way But Loose, In the Line of Fire, Absolute Power (just a personal fave)...
For a more recent Clint movie try The Bridges of Madison County.
Next up, if you haven't seen it yet, has to be Pale Rider. Amazing film.
And don't forget The Outlaw Josey Wales and Two Mules For Sister Sara
@@bethdealmeida6789 she did Josey Wales recently
@@independenceltd. She spent a good part of that movie looking for a woman named Josey
@@cthulhucollector yep😆
They leave a lot to your imagination. Yours is very active, and creative. So whatever you think, Dawn, will be excellent! Thanks for the reaction! God bless you!
he was a ghost getting revenge
No he wasn't. Eastwood explained in an interview on the Actors Studio that he was the brother of the marshall who was beaten and killed.
You can even see in the 1st scene where it shows the marshall being whipped it was not Clint Eastwood but a different person
thr director stated that it was a ghost story
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Do not upset this lady!!! 🤣Clint Eastwood comedies "Every Which Way but Loose" and "Every Which Way You Can".
Yes that's what we want. right turn clyde.
"Pale Rider" (1985) had a magnificent cast:
Clint Eastwood as The Preacher
Michael Moriarty as Hull Barret
Carrie Snodgress as Sarah Wheeler
Sydney Penny as Megan Wheeler
Special Guest Star: Richard "Jaws" Kiel as "Club"
Besides being an extension of this movie it's also a retelling of Shane.
@@williamquinlan6153 It has some elements of this movie thats true, but alot more similarities to Shane.
The moment you said "I Approve" i started laughing, if only you had waited 5 more seconds
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My favorite Clint Eastwood movie is "Unforgiven" (1992). It's another Western, this time with a significantly older Eastwood playing an ex-gunfighter. The film also won several Academy Awards including Best Picture, and is generally considered one of the best (if not THE best) modern Westerns. I really thought you'd already watched it on the channel, but I didn't see it on either your 1990s or Westerns playlist.
BOTH MUST SEE Clint Eastwood Classics,, "Kelly's Heroes" (1970) & "The Beguiled"
(1971) An often overlooked/forgotten classic.
Marshall Jim Duncan is buried in the grave. It's generally believed that Clint plays an avenging angel or ghost.
Probably the best "older Clint" that you haven't reacted to is "Unforgiven". As others have stated, "Pale Rider" (1985) is very good. Avoid "Bronco Billy" and "Every Which Way But Loose" (imho). Another older one that doesn't get enough love is "Two Mules for Sister Sara" (1970).
Enjoy your reactions, keep up the good work!!
I like that he used some of the Drifter cast for Any Which Way But Loose (1978) and Skinny for the Unforgiven (1992).
Any Which Way But Loose is a fun urban western of sorts. Fight Club before Fight Club. Great reaction! The cigar was a nice touch. Cheers.
So John Wayne didn't like High Noon or High Plains Drifter because he just couldn't accept that people would not help and just stand by. Even though Kitty Genovese was murdered in NYC in similar circumstances during his lifetime. It was a story that made national headlines. I like most of Wayne's films, but he was incorrect about Americans always doing the moral act just because they were Americans.
He was the vengeful spirit of the murdered Marshal who could know no peace until his grave had a name. The town buried him in an unmarked grave to hide their crime.
CLONE CLINT ! And then clone me so I can watch all his new movies. Glad to see you get him, and you're lucky you get to watch all his old movies for the first time. (and I'll be along since it's the next best thing to watching his movies for the first time). 😉 I first saw him in "Dirty Harry" in the theatre and have been mesmerized ever since.
The expression don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater comes from a time when the whole family took a bath on Saturday night starting with the father and working down to the baby and by time the baby got a bath the water was so dark. We all use the same hot water tub because it was hard to heat a lot of hot water back then.
And my older brothers peed in it. I’m not bitter.
They also had extra smelling soaps and powders to "improve" used water, if you could afford it, or find it. Also, hot springs were popular just for the reason the earth does all the heating.
Regardless of economy, it is still disgusting.
CHEROOT cigars not chariot cigars. Would love to see Clint Eastwood smoke a chariot.😂❤
Someone said Clint was the Marshall's ghost. I thought they were brothers.
The original script made him the Marshall's brother. Director Clint Eastwood removed all the references from the script that would make the clear and shot it as if The Stranger was the ghost of the Marshall. Hence the movie is ambiguous, and better for it. Another interpretation is that The Stranger is Satan, inflicting penance on the wicked people of Lago. This rises from the early Hebrew interpretation that Satan is Jehovah's most trusted lieutenant and advisor. The only angel, in fact, whom God trusts to administer his justice.
he has the marshal's scars
He road up out of HELL for revenge that’s why you heard the creepy music and he didn’t look exactly the same as he did before he was killed the first time and PALE RIDER is the opposite he came down from Heaven as a Avenging Angel pretending to to be a preacher to help the families against the crooked sheriff and hit men(where did he go at the end of the movie High Plains Drifter back to HELL) this is like the movie THE CROW it’s a Supernatural Western
I'm going to talk about a detail. Near the climax, one of the gunmen says he was in the "territorial prison". Also, Jim Duncan was a marshal. The way the United States worked was, first the country would buy a chunk of land -- a territory -- and then eventually it would become a state once there were enough people and there were plans for a state government. But in that interim period, that land was just a territory, and the lawmen in territories were marshals, not sheriffs.
I grew up with the Spaghetti Westerns and they were awesome!! Clint is a beast of an actor and love his productions as well.
You have the best reactions! 😀
When Clint Eastwood was talking about this film. Marshall Jim Duncan was his brother. Clint came to the town to avenge his brothers death.
Clint Eastwood has since redacted that statement. If you watch and listen there are many elements that point to him being a revenant. Even the ending explains that Mordechai should know his name which was Marshall Duncan. There are religious elements spoken throughout the film. He punished the wicked and saved the innocent.
@lloydonlead That's very interesting that. Thanks for letting me know. It would of worked both ways though. What a great film it is. Thanks again for that. Glenn.
No. What Clint said was, in the book, the drifter was the Marshal's brother. But it was changed to be the spirit of the dead Marshal, for the movie.
If you haven't reacted to Clint Eastwood in "Pale Rider" (1985) you have to because there really is nothing like a nice piece of hickory.
Oh yay another best actor ever western 😊
Dawn, did you watch the film right until the end where the end credits rolled? Because if you did it would answer your questions at the end of your video. Did you stop the film too early?
What you were watching was quite possibly a supernatural story. Or at least it strongly hints that it is. Looks like you may have missed the final sting of the entire film.
You asked who the townsfolk think they buried when they buried the marshal Jim Duncan. That actually is Jim Duncan's body.
There is no need to say "When he died" in air quotes. He literally died.
Right at the end where he rode off into the distance you see him vanish into the desert haze. I don't mean simply vanish into the distance, I mean disappeared into thin air. It's a callback to the start where we see him appear from the haze. As far as we're concerned the Clint Eastwood character only ever appears to exist during the time we see him in the film.
Which would mean that there would be no training for the years inbetween.
The dark music you noticed. We hear it when Clint Eastwood first appears and we hear it again when he leaves town. That music in itself is supposed to make you ask questions about the character. It's not simply generic filler music. That creepy music is very fitting for what could be an angel of death from the undead whose mission it is to seek vengeance.
Many people have already answered why no one knew who Clint was. He said in an interview that the source material for this movie, it was Marshal Duncan's brother who came back for revenge. But he purposely left the potential "supernatural" tone in just to sort of shake things up and make the avenging angel seem possible as well.
So the Marshall's brother also had a scar on his neck from a hanging?
@@mygametheorylikely the shooting script follow the family revenge trop.
This Western is almost as crazy as a Marx Brothers movie! I believe he came back from the grave just for revenge, and perhaps justice. The Beguiled is an interesting Eastwood movie to watch. It has an all female cast except for Clint.
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As Marshal Duncan died, he cursed the townsfolk, who were evil hypocrites and had arranged his murder to prevent him being a whistleblower. Lago is a miserable corrupt town that puts on a very moral face, but it is all hypocrisy.
Therefore because of Duncan's curse, the Stranger who appears is a vengeful ghost or demon sent to judge the town (he is NOT a hero). He appears out of the heat shimmer, and immediately takes to committing acts of evil against the town because deep down he knows their sins - even though they think he is helping them, it is more like judgement being passed upon the town.
Those who are weaklings, deceivers, hypocrites, thieves, murderers all suffer, and some of them die, but it's always a result of their own flaws or past actions. Only those like the hotel man's wife, or Mordechai, who had been against Duncan's murder in the first place escape any sort of wrath. In the end, Duncan's murder is avenged, but the town is half destroyed, and the Stranger rides back out into the desert heat from whence he came.
Clint Eastwood smoked chariot cigars in his movies. I hate to be critical but your cigar looks more like a hotdog 🌭. Love your reaction to a very entertaining Western.😊❤
I think you mean cheroot cigars.
@@creech54I hate autocorrect. 9 times out of 10 it screws up what I'm typing. Thanks for the correction. Yes, I meant cheroot (damn it, it did it again) cigars, although I would love to see Eastwood smoke a chariot.😂
@@mikealvarez2322 Ah, I see! Yes, you gotta watch out for autoincorrect. 😁
@@creech54 Autocorrect leads to comical results at times. The problem for me is that I correct autocorrect often before I make note of the funny aspects of it.
It sure it a mean town! I never watched High Plains Drifter. I think after the mean lady insults him that it was a fantasy cowboy flick.
After your response to this film, I will be sure not to give you any reason for revenge against ME.
so many incorrect people commenting that it was marshall duncan's ghost. i saw it that way myself until the late 90s, when clint said on "inside the actor's studio" that it was marshall duncan's brother , not his ghost. he would know, he co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the film. if it was his ghost, then clint would be who we see in the whipping scenes. thats a stuntman who looks like clint. the fact that so many people saw it that way gave him the idea to do "pale rider" which actually is about a ghost.
The end of the film would seem to confirm the ghost theory when he tells Mordecai that he knows his name and immediately cut to the name on the tombstone. Mordecai wouldn't have known the name of his brother.
two things say it's a ghost-disappearing at the end, and when Mordecai says he doesn't know his name, Eastwood's character says yes you do, then the camera pans to the headstone with Duncan's name on it. If it was his brother, how would Mordecai know who he was. The spirit came back in a different appearance just so the town wouldn't know who he was. So Eastwood can say one thing but the movie speaks for itself.
we can be quite sure his name was duncan. and dont need to know his first name. there is nothing to dispute since clint knows what was in the script, and had no reason to lie. its easy to see the film in the ghost way, and therefore the brother motif was kept too nebulous. but if clint was surprised at the audiences reaction? and it gave him the idea for a different movie? its not in doubt there is nothing to persuade.@@drgoremd
@@ice-iu3vv It wouldn't say in the script whether it was his brother or not otherwise they would have said it in the movie.
you may look these things up if you wish. you may believe what you wish. you will not become correct though. "eastwood intentionally kept the identity of the stranger vague in his directing choices, giving no clear indication that it was marshall duncan's brother" is one quote i just found. why exactly would eastwood lie on inside the actors studio? and why do you think you know better than he does what his movie was about?@@drgoremd
I always thought that Eastwood's Will Munny character in "Unforgiven" was an older take on this type of Western antihero. A man who was without conscience and acted brutish and antisocial in his younger years. This was Eastwood's first Western as a director and it was an homage to Sergio Leone and the Spaghetti Western genre.
He was dead, he is what they call (Wraith or a Crow). When a person is violently murdered their Spirit can't rest, and it comes back seeking revenge as a Wraith or a Crow.
The sheriff IS dead and buried in that grave that's shown at the end. Whoever the stranger is, was left up to the audience to decide. Eastwood left it unclear on purpose, though the popular conclusion is that the Stranger IS the dead sheriff back from the dead, personifying judgment on the town.
Although Clint is usually a badass in the westerns in general & the Dirty Harry movies he is the most badass in this imo
No, he isn't, he's terrible and all he does is atrocious things... another idiot unable to understand the movie
You need to watch "Pale Rider" next. Now that you've watched demonic Clint, next you need to watch angelic Clint.
Check out The Mule if you're looking for a recent Clint Eastwood movie. I think it's his most recent movie.
Kelly's Heroes is a good Clint Eastwood film, as well as Where Eagles Dare. There is also Heartbreak Ridge. All war films.
Here's one Dawn. Firefox. Clint plays a air force pilot who gets to steal a Russian fighter. awesome flick!
How did they get the horse to fall over? They train them. Just like some dog owners train their dogs to play dead. Or maybe cats.
You were deducting points for the creepy music and looked away, I think you might have missed the creepy gunfighter ghost creepily disappear into the mirage at the end.
5:18 _tie her to your horse and ride off_ LOL
For something a bit different would be "The Eiger Sanction". Lots of drama on and off the screen.
Hi Dawn, I met Clint Eastwood on New years day in 2000 at his resort in beautiful Carmel California. He was in his 70s then. It was funny because I was going into one of the bathrooms on his property and he was coming out and instead of saying how are you Mr. Eastwood I said Clint! Felt like I knew him. He looked and me kind of funny and said he was doing OK. Then I went to see what it cost to stay there and he came out and asked me if he could help me. It was so cool!
It was him in his own grave. Didn't you see him vanish to that music you don't like ? He was the phantom marshal avenging his own death . . .
In the Line of Fire has Clint as a secret service agent. Also with John Malovich who is another actor you should get to know.
Clint Eastwood claims that he was the brother of the Marshall that died in Lago. I prefer to think that he was the Ghost of the Marshall who came back to avenged his death .
Watch Every which way but loose and Any which way you can both Clint Eastwood.
Buddy Van Horn, Eastwood's stunt double for the flashback scenes, asked him "So, am I your brother or are you my ghost?" Eastwood told him and all cast and crew to leave it vague if asked. "Audiences are smarter than the studios give them credit for being" he said, "they don't need everything explained, and I respect them enough not to"
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales and Pale Rider are my all time favorites of Clint Eastwood's Westerns. I hope you watch Pale Rider at some point, really love that one.
Also Dawn, before you go deducting points on that music, I think they used it for the effect of him being a ghost. When he entered, it was used, like he came back from the dead for revenge. Then when you hear it again, he's leaving, his soul can now rest. That's how I always took it.
You're going to enjoy the Clint Eastwood western 'Pale Rider'. Always a great reaction Dawn! 🎥🍿❤️
DM, I love, love. love you !!! You're the best !!! Let me answer your questions. They actually explained but, not altogether, but Clint completed the story at the end. He was the ghost of Jim Duncan, and they explained that the soul can never rest if it doesn't have a gravestone or marker of some sort. They'd buried his body in an unmarked grave (never made a marker for him), because they wanted to hide what their actions (or inactions) allowed to happen, which *_ALLOWED_* him to come back to get his revenge.
I think you missed the part at the end where he fades away while riding into the distance. It's explained here when Clint and the midget are having their final conversation and the midget says, "I'm just about done here ... I never did know your name", and Clint replies, "Yes, you do". Clint then continues riding out across the plain, then fades away (disappears) a minute later, at the exact moment the midget completes his marker. That action allowed his soul to rest.
Check out cool hand luke with Paul newman.1 of my all time faves.
Pale rider, high plains drifter and of course Unforgiven.
Not every GREAT Clint Eastwood Movie is a Western or a Cop movie.. You should watch *"The Eiger Sanction"* and/or *"Where Eagles Dare"* and of course *"Kelly's Heroes"*
The actors and actresses that were with him in those movies were phenomenal.
Plus, you have to look into the movies, that he made with his own Movie Production company. *"Malpaso Productions"*
I wasn't the greatest fan of Kelly's Heros, but "The Eiger Sanction" and "Where Eagles Dare" are excellent movies.
The Eiger Sanction was intended as a comedy, and a spoof on the Spy Genre. Eastwood decided to play the whole thing straight, and treated the script as if it were a serious story. I'm glad he did, because the jokes were unexpected, every time, making it hilarious to me.
And, Where Eagles Dare may well be my favorite war movie.
18:18 - SHERIFF'S GHOST. The spirit of a man returns to the town where the locals witnessed his murder and did nothing to help.
They orchestrated his death. That's why they did nothing to help.