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An 8 page paper which explores the impact of Sergio Leone's spaghetti western style in A Fistful of Dollars on Clint Eastwood's acting and directing in his 1992 Academy Award-winning film Unforgiven. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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be a score he needed to settle first (Peary, 1978). The Westerner would always feel a sense of guilt for his killing, recognizing that what he has done in
the past and will do in the future may be wrong, but his own sense of morality and personal motivations "keep him on his wayward path" (Peary, 1978; 414).
This is how western heroes had been depicted prior to 1954, and for many years afterwards. The sight of Gary Coopers High Noon sheriff standing alone awaiting the gunfight
which will surely end in his death symbolized the Western genre until a pugnacious Italian director by the name of Sergio Leone had the audacity to tackle what had been
considered a sacred American cinematic form. Selecting a young television actor named Clint Eastwood in the title role; Leone clearly broke all the rules outlined by Warshow which had
been religiously followed by filmmakers. In Per un Pugno di Dollari (A Fistful of Dollars), Eastwoods character is a loner, but thats all the audience ever learns about him
(Peary, 1978). There are no deep, philosophical revelations about his past or any clue about what the future might hold (Peary, 1978). He is also forever (and mistakenly)
referred to as "The Man with No Name," although it is actually just plain Joe. Eastwoods character is a man of few words which adds to his mystique.
When, in A Fistful of Dollars, a woman asks why he saved her life, he answers simply and cryptically, "Something happened once" (Peary, 1978; 414). The education Clint Eastwood received
under Leones tutelage would change his career forever, elevating him from a TV star to the legendary stratosphere of film superstar. Sergio Leone had no interest in making a
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