Notes from the sketch book — western

Eastwood, fresh from his Leone collaborations, was already a force to be reckoned with, but with this his second directorial effort, it was a clear assertion of his artistic independence. He wasn’t content to merely inhabit the stoic, laconic cowboy; he wanted to shape the entire landscape. He wanted to mold the narrative to his own unsettling vision. The script was written by Ernest Tidyman, the man behind The French Connection, was already a dark brooding affair. Eastwood, ever the revisionist, injected it with his own brand of moral ambiguity. The stark, wind-scoured terrain of High Plains Drifter offered Eastwood...

This art collection is an examination of the Western genre, specifically focusing on Clint Eastwood's transition from television actor to cinematic icon. The series intends to analyze Eastwood's evolution, tracing his rise to prominence through Sergio Leone's "Dollars Trilogy," films that redefined the Western's visual and narrative language. The intention is to observe, assess, and produce artistic interpretations inspired by these films, ultimately culminating in a study of Eastwood's role in the deconstruction of the Western archetype. However, the series initial point of departure is not Leone's work, but Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo." This choice underscores the acknowledgement that cinematic influence...

A lone gunslinger rides into a desolate, corrupt town, and you can almost feel the dust settle around him. In A Fistful of Dollars, Clint Eastwood plays the Man with No Name, a figure so enigmatic and taciturn that he might as well be a ghost. Just don't laugh at his mule. “ I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him.”  It’s a border town, torn apart by two warring factions—the Rojo brothers, who run the smuggling trade, and the Baxters, the town’s so-called...